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HISTORICAL
AND PROJECTED
OIL AND GAS
CONSUMPTION
JANUA.RY 1985
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· STATE OF ALASKA
HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED
OIL AND GAS CONSUMPTION
Bill Sheffield
Governor
Esther C. Wunnlcke
Commissioner
Department of Natural Resources
January 1985
· Prepared for the First Session
Fourteenth Alaska Legislature
TABLE OF OONTENTS
Executive Summary/Introduction
1.0 Royalty Oil Program
2.0 Reserve Estimates and Royalty Share
2.1 Cook Inlet
2.2 North Slope
2.3 Undiscovered Resources
3.0 Consumption Forecast
3.1 Transportation Liquid FUels
3.2 Space Heating
3.3 Utility Electricity Generation
3.4 Industrial Fuel Use
4.0 Analysis of Surplus
4.1 Liquid Petroleum
4.2 Natural Gas
4.3 Projections Beyond Current Inventory
4.4 Sensitivity of Results
5.0 Historical Oil and Gas Consumption
5.1 Gas Prodnction and Consumption
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Royalty Oil and Gas Data by Field
Demand Projection Methodology
Processing Plant, Transportation Facility
and TAPS Data
Economic Growth Assumptions
Conversion Factors
Crude Oil Assays
Definitions of Statutory Terms
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List of Tables and Figures Page
Table 1.1 Estimated Production for Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk
River thits 5
Table 1.2 Bids Received at Competitive Royalty Oil Sale 6
Table 1.3 COmpetitive Boyalty oil Sale 8
Table 2.1 Estimated Recoverable Reserves and Royalty Share 11
Figure 2.1 Predicted NOrth Slope Production 12
Table 2.2 Estimated Availability of North Slope Oil 13
Table 3.1 Projected Demand for Oi 1 and Gas 16
Table 3.2 Vehicle Transportation Fuels Demand 17
Table 3.3 Space Heat ll\lels Demand 18
Table 3.4 Utility Generation Demand 18
Table 3.5 Industrial ll\lels Demand 19
Table 4.1 Sensitivity Analysis of Net Surplus 23
Figure 5.1 Oil Production, 1977 -1984 26
Figure 5.2 Oil Consumption, 1977 -1984 26
Figure 5.3 Gas Production, 1971 -1984 27
Figure 5.4 Gas Consumption, 1971 -1984 27
Table 5.1 Historical Oil Production: State 28
Table 5.2 Fuel Categories, Dept. of Revenue 28
Table 5.3 Historical Gas Disposition and Sale 29
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This ·document provides d.ata on the in-state supply of and demand for hydro-
carbons. It is the intent of this report to address· AS 38.05.183(d) which
states:
tt(d) Oil or gas taken in kind by the state as its r~yalty share may
not be solc;i or otherwise disposed of for export from the state until the
c-issioner detepnines that· the royalty-in-kind oil or gas is surplus to
the present and projected intrastate domestic and industrial needs. 'lbe
commbsioner sb'll make public, in writing, the specific findings and rea-
sons on which his de.termination is based ancd shall, within 10 days of tho
conveniq of a.regu1ar session of the leg1slature, submit a report showing
the immediate and long-range domestic and industrial needs of the state
fdr oil and gas and an analysis of bow these needs are to be ml!t.11
This report contains more than a supply anc;i demand forecast. <llapter I is an
explanation of the Sitate's royalty oil program and the public considerations
that guide its implemen\:ation. Chapter I :also includes a summary of the Com-
petitive Royalty Oil $ale held December llt 1984 in which 90,000 barrels of
oi 1 were sold.
Chapter II provides estimates of rema1n1ng known hydrocarbon re-erves and
resources as well as the state '.s royalty share on state lands. These data are
u.sed to project hydrocarbon production over the forecast period (1985-.1999)
and beyond. Reserve estimates ~re developed for low, mid and high cases. The
low and mid cas.es are based upon proven and probable reserves as well as rela-
tively stab'le real oil prices. The hj.gh estimates are more geologically prob-
abilistic and assume increasing real oil prices. The low and mid range esti-
mates would seem a more prudent basis for long raqe policy considerations.
The most recent mid-range estimate of remaining oil reserves is 9.14 billion
barrels, of which approXimately 9 billion are on t.he lbrth Slope. The state's
royalty share is estimated to be 1.15 billion barrels. Remaining gas reserves
are es~imated at about .39.4 trillion cubic feet ( Tcf), of which the royalty
share is 4.7 Tcf. Approximately 36 Tcf are lo~ated Oll the North Slope.
l'he Division of Oil and Gas estimates that North Slope production will peak in
1987 at almost 1.8 million barrels a day. Production will then decline,
reaching about 1 million barrels a clay in 1994 and 600,000 barrelS &c 4ay by
tbe en,d of Ute centti.ry. Cook :Inlet production volumes will be relatively
insignificant .throughout th.e period.
Forecasts of oil and gas consumption (1985-99) are developed in Chapter III
for the Bailbelt and the remainder of the state by major use category.
Chapter IV deri.ves estimates of the pt;'ojected surpl:us. · Cumulative state con-
sumption of oil is estimated at almost 621 million barrels ove.r the forecast
period. Natural gas demand is projected to be 3.6 Tcf.
Chapter V presents historical production and consumption data for the 1977-84
time period. Growth rates for various end use consumption categories are also
calculated. These growth rates are considerably higher than t.hose forecasted
in Chapter III. This difference can latgely be explained by the reductions in
~eal state spending over the forecast period.
The supply and demand projections use4 in this report are uncertain by nature
and should be viewed as likely outcomes; they are applicable only if the
underlying assumptions presented here are approximated by future events. For
example, in-state consumption will be influenced by economic and population
growth wh~ch will in turn. be fueled by world energy and natural resource
pr.ices. Development of the Susitna hydroelectric project would dramatically
affect the in-state demand for natural gas, particularly after the late
1990s. The potential growth of a natura! gas export market would affect
in-state natural gas ava:i.lability ·as well as prices.
The suppiy side of the in-state balancing equation also is probabilistic. The
mid-range estimates of oil and gas resources (9.14 billion barrels, 39.4 Tcf).
are ~;easonably .certain though transportation of natural gas from the North
Slope remains.uncertain. Estimates of undiscovered resources (the high range
estimates) must be . treated as highly speculative and of minimal· value for
planning or Fojection purposes. Even if these un4iscovered resources exist
(which they may not), there is no guarantee that they will be discover~d or
deveiope4 in an appropriate time-frame (if ever) to assure long-run continuous
hydrocarbon supplies. Fiscal resources devoted to the hydrocarbon discovery
and development process by the major oil firms will be largely determined by
world market conditions, not by surplus or deficit conditions in Alaska's rel-
atively small intrastate market.
In summary, under reasonable assumptions about in-state reserves. and consump-
tion, the current inventory of hydrocarbon J;eserves is more than. adequate to
meet the estimated demands of Alaska~s ·for the next 15 years. Additionally,
significant quantities of hydrocarbons are surplus to present projected
in-state domestic and industrial needs, and are therefore presently available
for export from the state.l ·
lsee Appendix G for discussion of statutory definitions.
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I. ROYALTY OIL PROGRAM
When a landowner sells the right to explore and develop oil and gas, it
usually reserves to itself a percentage of the oil and gas ultimately produced
if the exploration is successful. That percentage is known as a royalty
interest or royalty share. 'nae State of Alaska holds a royalty interest in
the lands it has leased for oil and gas exploration and development 1 and is
currently receiving royaltr payments from oil and gas production in Cook Inlet
and from oil production from the North Slope Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk River
Units.
Under Alaska Statutes and state oil and gas leases, the state can take its
royalty share of oi 1 and gas either "in-kind11 or "in-value. 11 When the state
takes its share of production in-kind, the Commissioner of Natural Resources,
acting on behalf of the state, disposes of the oil and/or gas through negoti-
ated contracts or competitive sales. When royalty shares are taken in-value,
or in-money, individual lessees market the state's share of production and
reimburse the state accordingly.
In 1984, the state continued to take its share of Cook Inlet gas in-value and
continued to sell its in-kind share of Cook Inlet royalty oil to Tesoro Alaska
Petroleum Company under-the terms of a negotiated contract. The Tesoro Cook
Inlet contract has been cancelled effective October l, 1985, and the state
will take this oil "in-value" on that date.
North Slope royalty oil was taken both in-value and in-kind. lbree in-state
refiners, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Company, and MAPCO
Petroleum Inc., hold long-term negotiated contracts with the state for the
purchase of Prudhoe Bay royalty oil taken in-kind. Table 1.1 on page 5
depicts estimated total North Slope production to 2010 and current North Slope
royalty oil sales. The Department of Natural Resources is proposing a
long-term negotiated contract with Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA),
the public cooperative electric utility in Fairbanks, for approximately 5,000
barrels per day of Prudhoe Bay royalty oil. The Department anticipates
signing the contract in early February 1985. A hearing before the Alaska
Royalty Oil and Gas 'Development Advisory Board on the contract is scheduled
for February 20, 1985. As required by AS 38.05.055, the administration plans
to introduce legislation approving the long-term GVEA. contract. The legis-
lation will be submitted not later than March 15, 1985.
As discussed at legislative bearings in 1984, the Department analyzed the
possibility of selling some of the remaining in-value royalty oil by competi-
tive bid. On July 12, 1984, the Director of the Division of Oil and Gas,
acting on the Commissioner's behalf by departmental delegation of authority,
found that there was a surplus of royalty oil available for competitive sale
and export from the state and gave notice of the state's ·intent to sell by
competitive bid additional royalty oil from the Prudhoe Bay and Koparult River
Units.
At the same time, the director solicited proposals for backup contracts which
would be activated if the state failed to sell the entire volume of royalty
oil at the competitive sale, or if a competitive purchaser failed to take
delivery.
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Seven companies submitted bids for the state's proposed backup contracts:
Texaco Inc., U.S. Oil & Refining eo., Chevron U.S .A. Inc., Union Oil Company
of California, MAPOO Petroleum Inc., Shell Oil Company, and Sohio Alaska
Petro'teum Company.
On August 22, 1984, the director determined that the contingent disposal of
the royalty oil in backup contracts to the companies offering the highest
premiums was in the best interest of the state. Backup contracts were awarded
to Texaco Inc. (for approximately 50,000 bpd of Prudhoe Bay Unit royalty oil
at a $0.38 premium per barrel and approximately 15,000 bpd of Kuparuk River
Unit royalty oil at a $0.07 premium per barrel), U .• s. Oil & Refining . Co.
(approximately 5,000 bpd of Prudhoe Bay Unit royalty oil at a $0 •. 15 premium·
per barrel), and Cllevron U.S.A. Inc. (approximately 20,000 bpd of Prudhoe Bay
Unit· royalty oil at a $0.10 premium per barrel). Should the need a~ise, the
state would act·ivate a backup royalty contract with Texaco Inc. for up to the
first 50,000 bpd of Prudhoe Bay royalty oil and approximately 67 percent of
available Kuparuk River Unit royalty oil. Prudhoe Bay royalty volumes in
excess of that amount would go next to U.s. Oil & Refining Co. and finally to
Chevron u.s .A. Inc.
On October 10, 1984, the director issued a. Final Notice and Invitation to Bid
on six"'fDDnth and one..,.ear contracts for approximately 90,000 barrels a day of
royalty oil from t~e Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk River Units to be offered at a
competitive sale on December 11, 1984. FOurteen bidders qualified to partic-
ip;tte in the competitive sale, and fouy qualified as 11pTiority" bidders..
Priority bidders were those which sold an average of at least 5,000 bpd of
refined petroleum products to distributors or consumers within the state
between June 1, 1983 and May 31, 1984, and which demonstrated the ability to
process crude oil into refined petroleum products at a processing facility
owned by th~ bidder. 'Ibis priority status gave the in-state refiner or sup-
plier the right of f~rst refusal to meet the highest winning bid in each
category for lots remaining after tentative awards were made to the highest
bidders and the apparent high priority bidders in each category.
The sale was held at 10 a.m., December 11, 1984 at the Anchorage Westward
Hilton. The oil was offered in three categories: Category A was for 66.6667
pe1:cent of the royalty oil from the Kuparuk River Unit in three lots Of
approximately 5,000 barrels per day each; Category B was for 26.6667 percent
of the royalty oil from the Prudhoe Bay Unit in 10 lots of approximately 5,000
barrels per day each; Category C was for 13.3333 percent of the royalty oil
from the Prudhoe Bay unit in five lots of approximately 5,000 barrels per day
each. Categories A and C were for a six-month term and Category B was for a
one-year term.
Forty-nine bids were submitted for the 18 lots available. Of the eight qual-
ified companies that submitted bids at the sale, five were successful: u.s.
Oil & Refining eo., Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Texaco Inc., Union Oil Company of
California, and Sohio Alaska Petroleum Company. The highest winning bids in
each category were: a premium of $1.04 a barrel for category B Prudhoe Bay oil
from u.s. Oil & Refining Co.; a premium of $1.03 a bar.rel for Category C
Prudhoe Bay oil from Chevron u.s.A. Inc.; and a premium of $.82 a barrel for
Category A Kuparuk oil from Cllevron U.S.A. Inc. First delivery of the oil
sold at the competitive sale is April 1, 1985. Tables 2.2 and 2.3 following
th.is narrative summarize the sale results.
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JAN. 14. t915 STA'!i IF IUI!ItA
IIEMimi9IT IF 11111\IRII. II£SIIIII:ES Table 1.1
DIVIBIIIf IF OIL AND SAS
ESTIIIIIIED JIIIIICTIIIf Fill PIID«£ BAY lriD IIIJIAIU\ RIID 11111&
ESTIIIIITED 11J1JIL lllllllii:JIIIf ESTIIIIIIED IIDWUY EBtllllllED &lLE!IIF IIMLlY OIL
(~l':lllll'f) CIIIIRREI.S 1':8. IIAYI Ca!RIIEL& IIERIIAYI
til ce1 (31 (41 (5) '" m
TOTAL WIAL TOTIL PllliiiiE IQIIARII( TllfAL lllllCO 11'8 IM'A 1BiUIIl TE!lR1 Df.VIIIlll aJIIETITM IIMI..TY
YEAR PRIIHE K1FMIII IIIYALTY IID'tALlY IIIM'l.TY lll.DI IPiliJIOSEI» CII.DI CIE»I liiU lll'VIl.i£ __.....
19M 1,511,1111i 128,ele l,fil!lwllel 187,518 115.1111 ... 35,111 15.1111 3'!1,765 1a.a IM,735
l'lll5 1,11111.81&1 188,8 1,6111,111 181,511 22.,511 2tt.QIII 35,181 s.• 415.9!19 ... 1 II, .. ... IS. Ill
1986 1,51!8,11111 llll,llill 11fiiii.B 181,8 22,5118 21t.8 35.• IS. IIi 45,99!1 26.111 I&.• ....
1987 1,~15,881 111811!1N 1,655,111 184,J'15 22,:. 1.!16.815 J5,eetl 4,917 45,231 25,11G7 11,711 711ttlll
ltl88 1,~-21111,M8 11S!:i1M 165,1i211 25,lllili 198,1i211 35,. 4,417 .e.w 22.,967 15,9111 71,781
1989 1,115,881 2M. liN '·3715.· 146,815 25,111 171,815 35,11!11 J.9l7 ~au 21.3&7 ...... lit&
1998 1,151,811 211,118 ··--131,251 es.• 156.1!58 JS,1111 3,51111 32,211 18,281 &e. till S4.1SI
1991 958.8M eee,eN l,t:iftiN 11&.151 1!5,1111 143.758 35,8 :s,tlil 29,133 1&,4&7 "·· 411.583
19!12 851.11111 ••• 11 a:&. IIIII 116,211 25,tll 131,251 35,tll 2,833 2£.16& "·'~ .... ~<\17
1993 '158,1181 ••• a.• 93,758 25,8 1111;158 35,111 e.• 2l,IMI 13,11111 !,HI :16.2511
~~ 658,11111 171,1111 a,aee 81,251 et,2il lli!,Sil JS,elll 2t167 19,933 11,151 7,1111 26,311
1995 575,eet 145,11H 121.1111 71,8'15 18,125 ... J5,11i1 ss.•
I 199& 518,0el i21l,BI8 631,8 63,7SI IS,Iill 711,751 351NI 43,751
Vl 1997 468,11101 181.01!1 51,1111 57,511 12,51!8 78,8111 35,1111 15.111.1
I 1996 421l,e. 88,11111 --52..511 ...... 62.511 35,111 27,5111
1999 3118,881 lS,IilN 455,MI 41,se& 9,315 !16,875 3S,IM 21,8'15
2008 :na,eae 65,111118 ••• 42,581 &.125 5\61.!:1· 35.8111 IS.6C:i
21)81 ••• 55, liN 355,M 31,se& 6,815 44,J'15 JS,IM 9,315
200Z 278,Nil se,llli 328,& 33,7511 6,251 ~.-35, .. I,NI
21'l03 248,111111 o\8,011 ... lll,eN 5,111 JS.eet JS.M • 2004 21a.eoe :as, a 245,a 26,258 ~.37S .. 61.!:1 31,1i211
2ell5 IBe,eH 25,8 2851 INI 22,518 3,125 1!5,625 25.1i211
20116 lEI!, Nil 25,1181 1115,8 21,Nil 3,125 23,125 2J.l25 ., 14l,lill ce.• 168,8 17,5111 2,5111 21,8111 21.111
2888 ue.eea 21,8 131.888 ll. 158 2.581 1&.251 1&.251
2Be9 ..... Jll,lll» .... 11,11111 1,251 11,251 u,a
2818 :il,flll se,a 61,111 &.251 1,251 7,. 7,511
fiOlES1 (1) IIIR ESIIIIIIlE IF FIEUI l':llfiiiiiRIEt IX:TtEER 1984. m IIIST IF HI \Q.liE tAIIllf as.• JIID1 1 111101 18 DIIREM1l.Y IIEIIIB TIIIDI
"IN Vll.l£, • IllS 11U aJIIETitliiEI.Y Fill IELIIEIW IFilL 11 19115 1\UIJ SEPT. ll.
(2) IWEll" S lliiiiBIT atmiACT EXPIRES JliE 311 19a. 19115. Ill IE1IIlEll 11 1985 IT lllllllt:IPAlED IIIIT 1E!DIJ llllL IDIIEIG
DEI.IIDIES IHEI ITS 1219/11 P111HE I:DtfRACT, !MIDI IllS A lllllii.M
13) MA1S PI1JIIIiBI TEN-~R IDI'11IIItT IIILD aJIIBIE Fll.l IDIIltiiFIER IUIMIITY IF 13.8&1. IF IIAILY P111HE IDYILTY OIL 1111 EIPIID JilL 11 1995.
APPROIIIL BY liE I.BilllATUIIE AND IIMIIIIIIL IIIICTilY IS 2.i67S IF
DRILY PRl.DIE lliiYII.TY OIL. 16) D£VIlllf'S I:DtfRACT I:II.1.S filii A IIIJIIIIII.IRITITY IF !.U IF DIIILY PIIIHE
IIJfll. TY OIL. Tl£ CDRI1IEI' EIPJID JIIIIIRY 11 1995.
141 1ESDJII1S CUIHlENT COOIIII:T DUS FllliiiiAIIII.M II.RrrllY IF 24.5D
IF DAILY PllllliiE IIYALTY OIL WS am III.ET IIMI.TY PIIIIIE'flllt. l7t lll.IVERJEB MILl aJBI: APRIL 11 19115 FOR 51,. IIPD IF PIIDIE MY
liE f.UllfTITY IS 21.21BJ IIi 19841 lltliiiiU. BE 21.31!6J SJMI'IIIB IIIIT lliiYII.TY OIL IIIII 1511M J11D IF IQAIIUl Rl\0 IIIIT IIJYILTY OIL,
Jill. 11 1985. lHIS aJI11I.IICT UIU. liE IN:IEASED 111 Ill' lllllllll 1111 IIJU. I:IMDI£ FOR IIE--81 liND 811-llllffll PEUIJI!I. IIE!JlECti\IELY1
lliiWTJlY llf OCIDBER 11 1985 DIE TO Dl!UWITJIIi IF Tl£ aiM III.ET AS II IIESII.T IF liE IIEJ:. 11 1 1984 IDIIEI'ITM SilL Plllllllll IIIIT
llltTRIV:T Ill TltiT lllllE. liE DIITMCI' EJPIRES JIIUIIY 19!L'I. TilE lHIS OIL IIJRI!Iii "1M Will. •
BIDS RECEIVED AT OOMPETITIVE ROYALTY OIL SALE
DECEMBER 11, 1984
Category A 3 Lots
Premium Bid
• $0.82
• $0.53
• $0.17
$0.17
$0.14
$0.08
$0.08
$0.08
Category B 10 Lots
Premium Bid
• $1.04
• $1.04
• $1.03
* $1.03
• $1.03
* $0.64 * $0.64
* $0.64
* $0.64
* $0.64
$0.64
$0.64
$0.58
$0.51
$0.51
$0.46
$0.46
$0.46
$0.46
$0.46
$0.43
$0.39
$0.38
$0.28
$0.22
$0.20
$0.13
* denotes winning bids
Table 1.2
Kuparuk Oil 6-montb term
Company
Chevron U.S.A. Inc •
Union Oil Company of California
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. u.s. Oil & Refining Company
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Prudhoe Bay Oil 1-year term
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Company
U.S. Oi 1 & Refining Company
U.S. Oil & Refining Company
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Chevron U.S.A. Inc •
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
She 11 Oi 1 Company
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Sobio Alaska Petroleum Company
Sobio Alaska Petroleum Company
Sobio Alaska Petroleum Company
Sobio Alaska Petroleum Company
Sobio Alaska Petroleum Company
Shell Oil Company
Texaco Inc.
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Golden West Refining Company
Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Company
Union Oil Company of California
Category C 5 Lots
Premium Bid
* $1.03 * $0.64 * $0.64 * $0.64
$0.51
$0.51
* $0.51
$0.51
$0.51
$0.39
$0.37
$0.28
$0.26
$0.13
* denotes winning bids
Prudhoe Bay Oil 6-month term
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Q:lmpany
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Sohio Alaska Petroleum Company
Sohio Alaska Petroleum Company
Sohio Alaska Petroleum Company
u.s. Oil & Refining Company
Golden West Refining Company
Chevron u.s .A. Inc.
Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Company
Union Oil Company of California
STATE (f llJIIIA
COHT'IT1~ IIIMLTY OIL SIU
Table 1.3
I'EC. U, 1W
ESTIIIITED COOfliiG TIJTII. EST. TOTIL DIF.EIIBG ..u I.SiiTH llAIIIEl.S 81& rH.lZED IBI..IZED
lltiiHISER Ulfl PEUAY liN DAV!II . PER !XINriW:T PIICE PIIB!llll (11 Ill (2J
I:A'IEDV AI ICIJIAU
OEIID I 1 s.• 1112.5 912.581 Slfi,CJ! SLI2 ·~&. 187, 758.. 188t,177.13
~lilt I a s,a 182.5 912,511 116.92 ti.Sl $15, IJ23, 125 ... t539, 552.13
D£VIOI I 3 s.• 1112.5 912.511 tUi. CJ! tl.17 tiS, SJ4. 625.. t211,152. 13
!UI'DTII. 15, .. a. 737,581 t47,715,58LII 11, :s:54, 781.38
HIIHST PIDllll BID: te.l2 AIIEliME PREIUI.II BID: $8.51
CATEBORY 81 PliUIItiE
U.S. OlL 1 5, .. 365 1,e.a 117.92 11.84 134,-.•• 11,713, 655. 7S
U.S. OIL 2 5,8 365 t,aas,a 117.92 lt.M 134,612,8.11 11,783, li5S. 7S
CllVD I 3 s.en 365 1.825,111 S17. 92 11.13 134,583,758.. 11, 68t 4«5. 7S
O£VD I • 5,111 365 1,125,1111 117.92 11.83 134,SUt7Se •• Sl,li&S,& 7S
CI£VD I 5 S,M 365 1,1125.111 117.92 11.13 134,513,758.. t1,68t-.,7S
T£JIICD I 6 s,a 365 1,aas,a t17.9a ··~ 133,872,811 •• tm,655.7S.
1EIAtO I 7 s ••• 365 1,825,111 .117. 92 $1,64 f33,872, ... ~655.75
TEXlDI • 8 5,8 365 1,825,. 117.92 te.64 133,&72, ... tm.655.7S
1EIAtO f 9 S,Mt· 365 .1.825.1111 117.92 te.64 133,872,-· ~65S.TS
lEXG f 18 s,a 365 1,825,8111 117.92 te.64 133,872,111.18 tm,655.7S
SIJBTDTII. sa, a !8,258,188 S342, 315,251. Ill $13,331,817.58
HiGHEST· PREMIUM BID: Sl.f\ IWERASE ~~EJIIIIJIII BID; 11.84
CA1'Eil!RV Ct PRtJDI«:£
O£VD f 1 s.eeo 182.5 912,51111 117.92 11.13 117,291, 875.. 1842,782.86
i'EJJtQ I 2 s,eee 182.5 912.,581 117.92 11.64 116,936,8 •• 1486.827.88
TEJAaJ • 3 S,IH 182.5 912.518 117.92 18.64 116,936.-· Mai,B27.88
TElliCO • It 5,8 182.5 912.,5111 117.92 Sl.64 116,9:J&.IIt.lll 1486.827.88
SIJIIO 5 5,181 1112.5 912,518 117.92 11.51 116,cU7,37S.III 1368, 282, 88
SUB'!'DTII. 25,8 4, S62., :iiN 184,917.258.08 12.671.389.38
HIIHST PIEIIIIII BIDt 11.13 AIJEIIA&E il!IEJIIIU" BID: 11.69
TOTALS .FOR Ill. LOTS: 18 98,8 25,558,eel 1474,'338,i!tl.ll 117. 557. 'f7B. 25
!11 THESE PRDJEtTIONS ASStiE i1I.Ai CUAIIENT !IAIIMET CIIIDiiill6 AI4D PRICES CONTINE.
121 THIS llllliNT IS THE DIFFEREta .J£niEN THE ESTIMiED RDVALTVwlN·Wll.E EEIPTS BASED 1111 THE
IJOLWE I!El&HTED AVERA6E !F PRODUCERS' REPDRiED NETBAtK PRICES IOCTOBERI AND ll'.£ ESTIMATED
RECEIPTS tF 11£ COIIIETITlVE SALE BASED OM TIE 8Iil Plqe]IIIJIII lll.l.S Ti£ BASE PRICE,
ttl PRIORITY BIDDERS
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!.:t. RESERVE ESTIMATES AND ROYALTY SHARE
This chapt!!r discl.lsses ~stimates of 9il and gas reserves in t)le state and the
state's royalty share of t'hese reserves. i'be reserve estimates have been
developed for low, mid and high ca~t.es. 'rbe low and mid cases are based upon
prCiven and probable reserves. The high cases in some categories .also include
estimates of undiscovered reserves. Terms qf individual oil and. gas lease
contracts were used to calculate the state's royalty share of the re.spective
reserves. 'l'he low estimates assume stable to falling oil and gas prices and
less than satisfactory reservoir performance. The high estimates assume
d.sing oil and gas prices and better f=,han expected reservoir performance.· The
mid case estimates assume stable oil and gas prices and average re~e;voir per-
formance.
The estimated re'serves and royalty share for oil and gas are shown in Tabie
2.1. 'ftle estimates have been developed separately for Cook Inlet, the Nortq
Slope SIJ.d the ''undiscovered'' category, at;J d~f:ferent s~rces of in~orma~i~~
wete drawn upon for each category. ·
Cook Inlet
Much historicai and subsurface information is available abo.ut the oil artd gas
reserves in the Cook lnlet area, and major new. dil;lcoveries c.re not conside't'ed
likely at this time. i'be reserves are assumed to remain constant for low, mid
and high estimates. Cook Inlet reserves account for about lo5% of the low and
.8% of the mid estimates of total proven and probable oil and gas reserves,
respectively. lhe high estimate of reserves further reduce~)~ the Cook Inlet
share of total oil and gas. reserves to 0.6%.
North Slope
Oil and. gas reserve estimates shown in Table 2~1 are for currently leased
state lands.
Current North. Slope Cli.l production is fro~ the Sadlerot:ni¢ reservoir irt the
Prudhoe Bay Unit and the Knpa:tuk ltiver reservoir in t;be Kuparuk River Unit.
Table 2.2 lists production forecasts for some of the .fields listed in +able
2.1:. :figJ:.lre 2.1 graphically portrays these esti-.tes. As illusttated, North
Slope production is expect!!d to increase slightly between 1984 and 1987, then
begin to decline starting in 1988.
Currently, no ga$ is e'xported fJ;o!ll the North Sl~pe. The Alask~ Na,tura,l Gas
Transportation System for :carrying gas to the. LOwer 48 is ta1;geted for comple-
tion in the lat~ 1980 1 ~ at the earliest, but it is unaertain when of c:onstl;'uc-
tion of the line will comme~c¢. The propo,sed pipeline capacity will permit
exports in tbe range .of 2.0 to 2.4 Bcf per day, with an eX~eCI;.ed level of z.-o
Be£ per d~y~ 41-ternative marketing of North Slope natural gas is being con ...
si4er~d, b'Qt tl:lese pr9spects are also very uncertain at this time.
Undiscovered Resources
Undiscovered oii and gas resources are computed as the simple average of the
low estimates recently developed by the u.s. Geological Survey (USGS) and the
National Petroleum Council (NPC) for lands in Alaska. The USGS estimates the
quantities of conventionally producible reserves based upon information
available to USGS. At the 95% confidence level, the low USGS estimates of
undiscovered oil and gas resources are 2.5 billion barrels (Bbbl) and 19.8 Tcf
respectively. In the NPC resources estimates, yields on investment of greater
than 10% for oil and gas and 15% for oil alone were required before a field
was considered "commercial." The NPC estimates that 17 .a Bbl of undiscovered
oil and 10.1 Tcf of undiscovered gas could be produced commercially. The
averaged low estimate of undiscovered resources is added to the high estimate
in this report in order to take a conservative approach on resource esti-
mating, but the estimate should still be treated as a highly speculative
number. Many of the oil and gas resources identified by the USGS and the NPC
are likely to be found on federal and private lands.
ESTIKilTED RECIWERABLE RESERVES MD ROYALTY SKARE Table 2.1
RECOVERABlE RESERVES ROYALTY SHARE
••••••••••••••••••••••o••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••tclatttttttttltt••••••••••••••• OIL lllflbb11 &AS tBcfJ OIL (Bftbbll &AS (JcfJ
•••••••o••••••••••• .••....•.••...•.•.... ·~··················· ••••....•............
LOI IUD HIGH LOU RID HI&H LOti RID HI&H LOI RID HI&H
COOK lfi.ET Ul 231 Beaver Crl!tk I 231 231
Beluea River na 778 778 59 " 59
Birt Hill 11 11 ll -Falls Creek 13 13 13
&n.nite Point Z7 27 27 26 26 26 3. 3 3 3 3 3
han liver 26 26 26
Kenli 845 845 845 17 17 17
Le•is River .22 22 22 3 3 3
lk:Artllur River 74 74 74 86 86 86 9 9 9 11 11 u
Riddle &round Shoal 15 15 15 ll II 11 2 2 2 1 1 1
Nicolai Crek 3 3 3
North Coak Inlet 859 859 859 107 107 107
North Fork 12 12 12 -Sterling 23 23 23 0 0 0
S.1nson River 22 22 22 259 259 259
Trading Bay 3 3 3 33 33 33 0 0 0 4 • • !lest Foreland 20 20 20 3 3 3
lint Fort 6 6 6
SUBTOTAL 142 142 142 3,264 3,264 3,264 15 15 l:S 209 209 209
IDRTK SLOPE [2]
Prudhoe Bay Ubit
5,001 5,781 6,171 29,000 29,000 29,000 625 Sadlerochit reservoir 723 n1 3,62'.1 3,625 3,625
Sag River reservoir 100 130 200 ----13 [(I 25 -Lisburne reservoir 300 400 600 800 1,100 t,600 38 . 50 75 100 138 200
£ndicott 275 375 450 600 800 1,200 39 .53 63 84 112 168
Point TIIDISDn ~rea and
Flax1an Island Are1 300 400 700 3,200 5,000 6,000 38 50 88 400 625 750
North P.rudboe B1y -
Best Dod Area 50 75 100 6 9 13
Rilne Paint Area. 60 60 95 10 10 " &lydtr Bay Area 0 30 60 0 4 8
Shal uw·cretaceous Sands 0 750 2750 0 94 344
Kuparuk River Unit 573 998 1:198 135 220 260 72 125 150 17 28 . 33 -----·---------------·---------SUBTOTAL 6,659 8,999 12,324 33,735 36,120 38,060 839 1,133 1,551 4,226 4,527 4,776
UNDISCOVERED [31 N/A N/A 10 1 150 N/A N/A 15 1000 N/A 1/A 1,269 N/A N/A 1,875
===== ===== ====== ==~= ====== ===== ==== ==-= ==== ===:t ===== =====
STATE TOTAL 6,801 9,1'41 22,616 36,999 39,.384 56,324 853 1,147 2,834 4,435 4,736 6,859
N/A Not apflitable. · m As of 2/83, Alaska Oil and &as Conservation Ca~~issian •t983 Statistical Report.•
[2] As of 9184. Van Dyke, 1., •Proven and Probable Oil and Bas Reserves, North Slape 1 Alaska,• Septelber 25 1 1980,
1n~ersonal tOIIUDitation October 10& 1984.
[3] • .Sees Big U.S. Arctic ••sources, • H and Gas Journal, Rove1ber 23 1981 1 1nd •Estitates of
Undiscovered Recoverible Resources af Conventionally Producible Oil ·and Bas 1n the United States, a Su .. ary,•
U.S. Geological Survey, OFR 81-192, 1981.
S/D Tbl: T2_1, rev: 1/14/85
' ,
PREDICTED NORTH SLOPE PRODUCTION
SOURCE: DNR. 9/84 (THREE CASES}
2
1 .9 -
t .8 ..,.
1. 7
1 .6
?i 1 .5
0 1.4
..... 1.3 <D
0. 1 .2
(.() 1 . 1 _J
li.J 1 a::: a::: 0.9 <(
CD
z 0.8
0 0.7
_J 0.6 _J
~ 0.5
·0.4.
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
1984 1990 19.95 2000 2005 2010
HIGH + MOST LIKELY LOW
ESTIKATED AVAILABILITY OF NORTH SLOPE OIL FOR SALE l"bbl/dayl TABLE 2.2
-ftost Likely Case
YEAR: 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SUft C"bbll .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ..•.......
PRODUCTION
Prudhoe Bay 1500 1500 1500 1475 1325 1175 1050 950 850 750 650 575 510 460 420 380 340 300 270 240 210 lBO 160 140 110 80 50 6,259,750
Kuparuk 120 lBO lBO lBO 200 200 200 200 200 200 170 145 120 100 80 75 65 55 so 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 0 1,056,675
Lisburne 0 75 100 120 120 120 90 75 70 65 60 55 50 40 30 20 10 0 401,500
Endicott 0 50 100 100 100 100 85 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 20 10 0 374,125
Hilne Point 0 30 30 25 20 15 15 10 10 10 0 60 225
Other 0 30 30 50 50 50 50 50 50 100 125 125 125 125 120 115 110 105 100 95 90 80 70 60 50 713:575 ---- -------------------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------------------------- -----------------TOTAL 1.620 1680 1680 1790.1735 1670 1540 1435 1305 1170 1025 965 . 880 BOO 730 670 600 530 460 395 345 305 275 240 195 150 100 8,865,850
ROYALTY OIL FOR SALE
Prudhoe Bay [ 11 188 188 188 184 166 147 131 119 106 94 81 72 64 58 . 53 48 43 38 34 30 26 23 20 18 14 10 6 782,469
•:uparuk [11 15 23 23 23 25 25 25 25 25 25 21 18 15 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 I 0 132,084
Lisburne [11 0 0 0 9 13 15 15 15 11 9 9 8 8 7 6 5 4 3 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 188
Endicott [21 0 0 0 0 7 14 14 14 14 12 11 10 9 8 8 7 6 6 3 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52:378
Hilne Point [3] 0 0 0 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 636
Other [11 0 0 0 4 4 b 6 6 6 6 6 13 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 12 11 10 9 8 6 89:197
---------TOTAL 203 210 210 225 219 211 195 181 165 148 130 122 111 101 92 85 76 67 58 50 43 38 34 30 24 19 13 1,115,951
I ...... ROYALTY OIL SALES w HAPCO 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 255,500 I GYEA !Old) s I 825
1Proposedl[4l 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 13!657
TESORO IOldl [51 40 46 46 45 41 36 32 29 26 23 20 140,074
!New) [6] 26 26 26 23 20 18 16 15 13 ll 71,019
CHEVRON (7] 18 18 18 18 16 14 13 11 10 9 8 55,736
Coapetitive Sale 65 23,725
---------TOTAL 98 195 130 128 119 109 101 95 89 83 76 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 561,536
ROYALTY OIL IN VALUE
!Potential l 105 15 80 97 99 102 93 86 76 65 53 87 76 66 57 50 41 32 23 15 43 38 34 30 24 19 13 554,415
Note: nuabers aay not sua to totals due to rounding errors.
[11 12.5% of production.
[21 14.0% of production 1111eighted aver agel.
£31 16.0% of production !weighted average).
[41 1985-1994: 2.6667% of Prudhoe Bay production.
[51 1984: 21.208% of Prudhoe Bay produdian.
1985-1994: 21.326% of Prudhoe Bay production •.
[6] 1985-1994: 13.867% o'f Prudhoe Bay productian.
[7] 1984-1994: 9.61 of Prudhoe Bay production.
EST1: estray, rev: 1/14/85
III. CONSUMPTION FORECAST
Summacy
consumption of oil and gas 1n all major categories is forecast to increase in
future years.l
Consumption of natural gas will grow from 211 billion cubic feet (bcf) in 1985
to 259 bcf in 1999 (annual growth of 1.5 percent). Although industry currently
consumes the majority of natural gas and is forecast to continue to be the
dominant user, growth of gas use for space heating will outstrip growth in
industrial use. OVer the next 15 years, use of gas for space heating will
increase from 20.2 bcf in 1985 to 34.3 bcf in 1999 (3.9 percent annual
growth). Use of gas for electricity generation will grow from 36.1 be f in
1985 to 43.6 bcf in 1999 (1.4 percent annual growth). The consumption of
natural gas for industrial uses will grow from 154.3 bcf in 1985 to 181.6 be£
in 1999 (1.2 percent annual growth).
Consumption of liquid petroleum will increase from l, 546 million gallons in
1985 (about 3 7 million barrels of crude oil equivalent) to 2,005 million
gallons in 1999 (48 million barrels). This represents a 1.9 percent annual
growth rate. The five and ten-year annual growth rates are 1.7 and
1.9 percent, respectively. Space heating use of petroleum will grow
2.1 percent annually. Vehicle transportation use will increase 2.0 percent
annually. The use of fuel oil for electricity generation in 1985 reflects the
introduction of several hydroelectric facilities which replace high-cost fuel
oil generation. Fuel oil consumption subsequently increases, and the 15-year
growth rate will be 2.0 percent annually. Industrial use of petroleum liquids
will remain constant.
Transportation Liquid Fuels
Transportation fuel consumption will grow moderately with population growth in
future years, increasing from 1,228 million gallons in 1985 to 1,614 million
gallons in 1999 (Table 3.2). Jet fuel consumption will grow most rapidly
(2.97 percent annually), followed by diesel fuel consumption (1.4 percent
annually) and gasoline (.5 percent annually).
Fuel-use efficiency will increase in all types of uses but will be most
evident in highway gasoline consumption which is projected to decline on a per
capita basis.
Total consumption projected over the 15-year period from 1985 to 1999 is
21,056 million gallons. This is approximately equivalent to 501 million
barrels of crude oil.
lSee Methodology Appendix B for assumptions.
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Space Heating
Space heating fuel consumption will increase moderately with population and an
increase in the size of the building stock relative to population. Natural
gas use will grow more rapidly than fuel oil, from 20.2 billion cubic feet in
1985 to 34.3 billion cubic feet in 1999 (Table 3.3}.
The relatively rapid growth of natural gas is attributable to the rapid growth
of population in the railbelt as well as to the extension of the natural gas
market into the Matanuska Valley. The expansion of the natural gas market is
estimated to increase gas use by about 9 percent by 1995. Barrow, on the
North Slope, is the only location outside of the railbelt presently served by
natural gas.
The majority of fuel oil used for space heating is consumed outside the rail-
belt although fuel oil is important where natural gas is not available. Out-
side of the railbelt, most space heating is done with fuel oil. Fuel oil con-
sumption for this use grows from 176 million gallons in 198.5 to 237 million
gallons in 1999.
Utility Electricity Generation
Natural gas use for utility electricity generation will exhibit strong growth
in the next 15 years as the majority of incremental electricity demand grow~h
in the railbelt is met with additions to natural gas-fired generation.
Natural gas use increases from 36.1 be£ in 1985 to 43.6 be£ in 1999. The
percentage of electricity in the railbelt provided by natural gas reaches a
high of 81 percent in 1992 but declines in 1993 to 72.9 percent, when the
Bradley Lake hydroelectric. facility comes on line.2 After 1993, the propor-
tion of railbelt electricity generated by natural gas begins to increase,
reaching 75.4 percent in 1999.
Fuel oil use for utility electricity generation will grow at an average annual
rate of only 2.1 percent. This is due to the availability of power from
several recently completed hydroelectric plants in locations currently using
fuel oil for generation.
Industrial Fuel Use
Increased use of natural gas in future years will be related to petroleum pro-
duction. Dtis will be concentrated on the North Slope where expanded petro-
leum activity will be concentrated. The other large use of natural gas, the
production of Ammonia-Urea, will continue requiring constant amounts of
natural gas.
2susitna hydro is considered in Chapter IV.
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PRO~ECTED DEKAID FOR OIL ARD 6AS TABLE 3.1
YEAR: 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTAL .... .... .... . ... .... .... I I I I . ... . ... .....
OIL (nillian 6allon1t STATE
Vehicle Transportation 1228 1261 1276 1288 13l4 1341 1365 1387 1414 1450 1482 1514 1543 1580 1614 21056
~ate Heat l76 l81 184 185 189 193 195 199 203 207 212 221 224 23S 237 3041
ility &eneration 37 32 33 34 34 36 36 37 39 40 41 44 45 49 49 95
Industry 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 1574
TOTAL 1546 1579 1598 1612 1642 1675 1700 1728 1761 1801 1840 1884 1917 1969 2005 26256
RAILBELT
Vehicle Transportation 931 964 972 984 1007 1030 1056 1075 1097 1132 usa 1173 1204 1215 1261 16258
=race Heat 73 75 75 75 76 76 77 77 77 78 78 79 80 80 82 1158
ility 61meratian 14 8 8 8 a 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 127 Industry
TOTAL
NDN·RAILBELT Vehicle Transportation 138 136 137 137 135 134 132 131 Ill 127 126 129 126 130 123 1972
=race Heat 103 106 110 Ill 114 117 118 122 126 129 134 142 144 155 154 . 1883 ility Generation 23 24 25 26 26 28 28 29 30 31 33 36 37 40 41 458 Industry --mTAL
&AS (8Cfl
. I STATE ..... Vebitle Transportation 0.0 o.o o.o o.o 0.0 0.0 o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o 1;1\
I Sfate Heat 20.2 21.3 22.0 22.7 23.7 24.7 25.8 26.7 27.8 29.2 30.4 31.0 32.2 .32.8 34.3 404.7
U ility Generation 36.1 38.2 38.3 38.6 39.4 40.2 41.1 41.6 37.9 39.2 40.0 40.6 41.7 42.1 43.6 598.4
Industry 154.3 158.1 162.2 166.6 171.2 176.2 181.6 181.6 181.6 181.6 181.6 181.6 181.6 181.6 181.6 2623.0
TOTAL 210.6 217.6 222.5.227.8 234.3 241.1 248.5 249.9 247.3 250.0 251.9 253.2 255.4 256.5 259.4 3626.1 RAILBELT
Vehicle Transportation o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o
:fate Heat 20.1 21.2 21.8 22.5 23.5 24.5 25.6 26.6 27.6 29.0 30.2 30.8 31.9 32.5 34.0 402.0
il i ty &eneritian 35.6 37.6 37.7 38.0 38.8 39,6 40.5 41.0 37.3 38.5 39.3 39.8 40.9 41.3 42.8 588.8
Industry 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 87.1 1306.5 TOTAL 142.8 145.9 146.7 147.6 149.5 151.2 153.2 154.6 152.0 154.7 156.6 157.8 160.0 160.9 163.9 2291.2 NON-RAILBELT
Vehicle Transportation o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o 0.0 o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o
=rate Heat 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 2.7 ility Generation 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0,7 0.8 0.8 9.6 Industry 67.2 71.0 7~.1 79.5 84.1 89.1 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 1316.5
TOTAL 67.9 71.7 75.8 80.2 84.9 89,9 95.3 95.3 95.3 95.3 95.4 95.4 95.4 95.6 95.5 1328.8
VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION FUELS DE"AND Ul TABLE 3.2 !Hillion Gallons!
YEAR: 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTAL
STATE
Jet Fuel 542 560 573 586 603 621 639 656 676 698 721 743 765 791 816 9991 Civil ian Do11estic 282 297 308 318 333 348 363 377 394 414 433 453 472 495 517 5806 "ilitary and International 260 263 265 268 271 273 276 279 282 284 287 290 293 296 299 4185 Gasoline 249 253 252 250 252 253 254 255 256 259 261 262 263 265 267 3850 Aviation 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 310 HighMay 220 224 223 221 222 223 224 224 225 227 228 230 230 232 233 3386 Harine 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 ll 11 11 11 155 Diesel 437 448 451 452 459 466 472 476 483 493 501 508 514 524 531 7215 HighMay 303 :m. 313 313 318 323 327 330 335 342 347 352 357 363 368 5002 Harine 134 138 138 139 141 143 145 146 148 151 154 156 158 161 163 2213 TOTAL 1228 1261 1276 1288 1314 1341 1365 1387 1414 1450 1482 1514 1543 1580 1614 21056 RAILBELT
Jet Fuel 448 464 472 483 498 512 528 541 556 576 592 603 623 632 660 8187 Civilian Domestic 231 245 252 260 272 284 298 309 322 339 354 365 382 393 416 4722 Hilitary and International 217 220 220 223 225 227 230 232 234 237 238 238 241 239 244 3465 Gasoline 184 187 186 185 186 187 188 188 189 191 192 191 192 190 193 2829 Aviation 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 252 High~eay 163 166 164 163 164 165 166 165 165 167 168 167 168 166 . 168 2485
I Harine 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 92 -Diesel 299 313 314 315 324 332 340 345 352 365 374 379 389 393 408 5242
-...J HighMay 205 216 218 219 226 232 239 243 249 260 268 273 280 285 297 3710 I Harine 94 96 96 97 98 99 101 102 103 lOS 107 107 109 lOB 111 1533 TOTAL 931 964 972 984 1007 1030 1056 1075 1097 1132 1158 1173 1204 1215 1261 .16258 fiON-RA I LBEL T
Jet Fuel 94 96 101 103 106 110 111 115 120 123 129 141 142 159 157 1805 Civilian Doaestic 51 53 56 58 60 64 65 68 72 75 80 88 90 102 102 1084 Hilitary and International 43 43 45 45 45 46 46 47 48 48 49 53 52 57 55 720 Gasoline 65 65 66 65 66 . 67 66 66 67 68 69 72 71 75 73 1021 Aviation 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 58 HighMay 57 58 59 58 58 59 58 59 59 59 61 63 62 66 64 901 Harine 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 63 Diesel 138 136 137 137 135 13.4 132 131 Ill 127 126 129 126 130 123 1972 HighMay 98 94 95 94 92 91 88 . 87 85 81 79 80 76 78 72 12'i2 "arine 40 41 42 42 43 44 44 44 45 46 47 49 49 52 52 680 TOTAL 296 297 304 305 307 310 309 312 318 317 324 342 339 365 353 4798
[11 Includes industrial, 1ilitary and govern1ent use. Excludes pipeline fuel.
I .....
00
I
·SPACE HEAT FUELS DEIIAND TABLE 3,3
OIL ("il1ion &allons) STATE RAILBELT NDN·RAILBEll
&AS tBCf)
STATE RAILBELT Current narket
"atanuska Valley NDN-RAILBELl
UTILITY 6ENERATION BEllAND
OIL ("illion &allons):
STATE RAILBELT SOUTHEAST REST OF STATE
&AS lBCF)
STAlE RAILBELT SOUTHEAST REST OF STATE
YEAR: 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTAL
YEAR!
.... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... . ...
176.4 181.0 184.3 185.4 189.0 193.4 194.6 198.6 202.8 207.0 212.3 220.7 223.8 235.0 236.8 3041.1
73.2 74.8 74.6 74.6 75.5 76.3 76.9 76.9 77.1 78.2 78.5 78.8 80,1 80.3 82.4 1158.1
103.3 106.2 109.7 110.8 113.5 117.1 117.7 121.7 125.7 128.8 133.8 141.9 143.7 154.8 154.4 1883.1
20.2 21.3 22.0 22.7 23.7 24.7 25.8 26.7 17.8 29.2 30.4 31.0 32.2 32.8 34.3 404.7
20.1 21.2 21.8 22.5 23.5 24.5 25,6 26.6 27.6. 29~0 30.2 30.8 31.9 32.5 34.0 402.0
20.0 21.0 21.4 21.9 22.7 23.5 24.3 25.0 25.8 26.9 27.8 28.4 29.5 30.0 31.4 379.9
.o 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.5 2,5 2.6 22.0
0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 2.7
TABLE 3,4
19.85 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 l'l92 1993 l'l94 1995 1996 It'll l'l98 1999 TOTAL ..... .....
36.7 31.6 33.1 33.5 34.2 35.5 36.1 37.4 38.6 39.5 41.2 44.3 45.2 48.9 4'l.2 585.0 13.6 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.o 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.6 127.5 5.1 5.4 6.6 7.1 6.8 7.4 8.1 9.1 9.3 9.6 10.2 10.9 11.9 12.1 13.2 132.9
18.0 18.5 18.7 18.6 19.5 20.1 20.0 20.2 21.1 21.7 22.8 25.0 24.9 28.3 27.4 324.7
36.1 38.2 38.3 38.b 39.4 40.2 41.1 41.6 37.9 39.2 40.0 40.6 41.7 42.1 43.1. 598.4 '35.6 31.b 37.7 38.0 38.8 39.6 40.5 41.0 37.3 38.5 39.3 39~8 40.9 41.3 42.8 588.8 o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o 0.0 o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 t.B 0.8 9.6
INDUSTRIAL FUELS DE"AND TABLE 3.5
· YEAR: 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTAL . . . . I I I I .... . ... . . . . . ... . ... I I I I . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... ....
OIL l"illion &allons)
STATE 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 104.9 1573.5
Pipeline Fuel 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.0' 84.0 84.0 1260.0
Electricity Generation 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20,9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 313.5
GAS IBCFI
STATE
A••onia-Urea Production 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 750.0
"ilitary PoMer Generation 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 69.0
Petroleu1 Production '19.7 103.5 107.6 112.0 116.6 121.6 127.0 127.0 127.0 127.0 127.0 127.0 127.0 127.0 127.0 1804.0
Pipeline Fuel 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 190.5
"iscellaneous 87.0 90.8 94.9 99.3 103.9 108.9 114.3 114.3 114.3 114.3 114.3 114.3 114.3 114.3 114.3 1613.5
lte1:lndection 1te11:LN
RAILBELT
l111onia Urea 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50 .• 0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50,0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 750.0
"ilitary PaMer Production 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 69.0
Petroleu1 Production 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 487.5
Pipeline Fuel o.o o.o 0.0 o.o 0.0 0.0 o.o 0.0 o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o 0.0 o.o
"iscellaneous 32.5 32.5 32.5 ·32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 487.5 I Ilea: lndection 1-'
\0 lte1:LN
I NDN-RAILBELT
Petroleu~ Production 67.2 71.0 75.1 79.5 84.1 89.1 '14.5 '14.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 1316.5
Pipeline Fuel 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 190.5
"isceltaneous 54.5 58.3 62.4 66.8 71.4 76.4 81.8 81.8 81.8 81.8 81.8 81.8 81.8 81.8 81.8 1126.0
lte•:lnjection
The major industrial use of fuel oil (not including transportation) is also in
the petroleum industry. Pipeline fuel for the Alyeska pipeline is the laxgest
element of this. In addition, a significant amount of fuel is used for
electricity generation. Both of these uses are projected at constant levels.
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IV. AHALYSIS 01' SURPLUS
Sumlll&ey
Under reasonable assumptions about recoverable reserves and Alaska consump-
tion8 the current inventories of both oil and gas are more than sufficient to
meet the presently identifiable needs of Alaskans for the next 15 years. The
state royalty shares are also sufficient to meet in-state demand.
Liguid Petroleum
Table 4~1 shows that the cumulative 15-year Alaska demand for liquid petroleum
is approximately 625 million barrels of crude oil equivalent. This is equal
to approximately half the reserves of royalty oil and is 1 percent of total
reserves. Ho attempt has been made to compare petroleum products produced at
Alaska refineries with petroleum products consumed in the state~ Currently
the capacity of Alaskan refineries exceeds Alaskan consumption (about
81 thousand barrels per day), but the product mix which the refineries can
produce does not match the product mix demanded. The resulting cross-hauling
of crude oil out of Alaska and refined products into the state is a co11110n
feature of petroleum markets in general and does not represent an inefficient
distribution of refining capacity or mismatch of supply and demand.
Natural Gas.
Table 4.1 indicates that the cumulative 15-year Alaska demand for natural gas
is 3.626 trillion cubic feet of gas. This is approximately 77 percent of the
state royalty share of gas in the combined current inventory at Cook Inlet and
on the North Slope.
Since the transportation of natural gas normally requires a pipeline, partic-
ular markets for gas which are linked by pipeline to supplies are relevant for
the determination of excess supply. Table 4.1 shows that there is a net
surplus in both the Cook Inlet and North Slope markets. The Alaskan royalty
share of Cook Inlet gas alonep however, is insufficient to meet the projected
Cook Inlet requirement a over the next 15 years.
Projections Beyond Current Inventory
We assume recoverable reserves represent a 15-year inventory of petroleum in
the ground based upon historical reserve-to-production ratios. Because a very
sizable investment is required to develop a petroleum reservoir into recover-
able reserves, reserves will be "proven up" at a rate to maintain sufficient
inventory consistent with the growth in demand. Excessive proven reserves,
like excessive inventories, result in unnecessary carrying costs to reservoir
owners and will be avoided if possible.
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This is the basis for the 15-year time horizon for demand used in this
analysis. As time passes, the growth in demand will stimulate the search for
reserves to replace those produced, and markets will work to keep supply and
demand in balance.
Sensitivity of Results
The positive net surpluses of oil and gas calculated in this chapter are
insensitive to changes in the assumptions underlying the projections. These
are discussed in turn and shown in Table 4.2.
Reserve Estimates
Because the low reserve estimates are quite similar to the· mid-range esti-
mates, the positive oil and gas surpluses are not significantly affected by
using low reserve estimates.
Economic Growth
Faster population growth will accelerate the use of liquid fuels more than
natural gas because a lar-ger portion of liquid fuel use is population sensi-
tive. Even so, the net surplus of petroleum liquids would be reduced only
marginally by growth of population-related consumption at double the base case
rate. Increased use of natural gas would reduce the surplus by an equally
small percentage.
Export of Gas
To the extent natural gas is exported, it is unavailable for the local
market. Cumulative exports over the next 15 years from current operations are
projected to be about 945 billion cubic feet. If a facility comparable to the
Pacific Alaska LNG project were built, it would annually export 160 billion
cubic feet. With an assumed first year of operation of 1990, cumulative
exports to California through 1999 would be 1,600 billion cubic feet. Com-
bined exports to Japan and California would be 2,545 billion cubic feet,
reducing reserves for instate use, and the net surplus, by 9 percent. In the
absence of new reserves, the net surplus in Cook Inlet under these assumptions
would be negative.
Susitna Hydro
If Susitna hydro were built, it could begin to replace electricity generation
by natural gas and fuel oil in 1994. If natural gas use were· cut back
75 percent beginning in that year, cumulative gas consumption would decline
182 billion cubic feet. Fuel oil use for electricity consumption in the Rail-
belt could be eliminated at a savings of 50 million gallons (a little more
than one million barrels).
_..,..,_
SURPLUS OIL CALCII.ATIDI IRillion B~rrelsl TABLE 4.1
OIL £21 &As m
IHillion Barrels! IBCFl --------------------Total State Total State
Royalty Royalty
STATE Reservn Ul 9,141 .
Estiaated Production 220
1,147
28
39,384
240
4,736
29
fro• reserves thru 1984
Estiaated reserves 8,921 1,119 39,144 4,707
as of Jan. 1 1985 Esti11ted cumulative consUJption, 625 625 3,626 3,626
1985-1999 (15 ~earsl
11ET SIIRPI.US IDEF CIT) 8,296 494 35,518 1,081
COOK III.ET Reservn Ul 142 15 3,264 209
Estiaated Production 20 2 220 14 from reserves thru 1984
Esti1ated reserves 122 13 3,044 195
as of Jan. 1 1985
Estitated cuulative cansupti1111 1 2,297 2,297
1985-1999 115 rears!
NET SURPLUS IDEF Cin 747 12,1021
IIORTH SLOPE
Reserves Ul 8,999 1,133 36,120 4,527
Esti11ted Production 200 25 20 3
fro1 reserves thru 1984
Esti1ated reserve! 8,799 1,108 36,100 4,524
as of Jan. 1 1985
Estimated cumulative consu1ption 1 1,329 1,329
1985-1999 (15 rears)
NET SURPLUS IDEF CITI 34,771 3,195
[1) North Slope as of 9/1/84 Caok Inlet as of 12/1/83.
[2] Author's esti1ate of pro~uction year to end. Production fro• state roualty share is proportional
to st1te royalty share of reserve.
£31 Total gas duposition net of reinjection, fro• Section 2. Production frn state royalty shut is
proportion of state royalty gas in total.
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF NET SURPLUS TABLE 4,2
Percent Reduction in Net Surplus
liqilid Petroleu1
l1illion barrels!
Lo1 Reserve Esti1ate 28.0 I
501 increase in gra•th of 0.5 1
papulation·nlated r:ansu1ption
Export of lH&
Susitna Hydra 0.0 1
Natural &as available in Fairbanks +2,0 I
Natural &as
IBCFI
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7.0 1
0.5 1
9.0 1
0.5 1 o.o 1
Natural Gas Availability in Fairbanks
If, by some means.. natural gas became available in Fairbanks, electricity
generation and space heating in Fairbanks could be converted to gas. 'Ibis
could increase annual natural gas consumption for electricity generation by
5 billion cubic feet as coal and fuel oil use were backed out. FUel oil use
would fall by 8 million gallons annually.
Natural gas consumption for space beating would gradually replace fuel oil and
coal and could eventually capture 75 percent of the market. If gas became
available in 1993 and captured this share of the market by 1997, gas consump-
tion for space heat could increase 25 billion cubic feet, and fuel oil con-
sumption could fall by 145 million gallons.
The net surplus of gas would fall very marginally as a result of these changes
and the net surplus of liquid fuels increase very marginally.
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V. HIS'roRICAL OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
Oil Production and Consumption
Historical oil production and consumption for 1977-84 are presented in Table
S..l and Figures 5.1 and 5.2. Consumption data for these years are derived
from the Department of Revenue's monthly reports, using that department's
present major fuel categories. Between January 1977 and September 1982,
several categories were added and deleted. Table 5.2 shows these changes and
the correlation between past and present categories. These data are statewide
figures only. Regional breakdowns, shown in past issues of this report, are
not possible because DOR stopped reporting fuel sales by judicial districts in
July, 1982. In-state refinery production and fuel imports for 1982 are tab-
ulated in Tables 2.4 and 2.5. These data are taken from "Fuel Consumption and
Pricing in Alaska, A Regional Analysis."l
Gas Production and Consumption
Historical natural gas production and major consumption items are presented in
Table 5.3 and Figures 5.3 and 5.4. Production, consumption by field opera-
tions and commercial sales data are compiled from Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission monthly reports whereas individual major consumption figures are
from consumers or taken from consumer reports to DO&G.
lKeiser, G., Teal,
Analysis," Alaska
January 1984.
D., "Jruel Consumption and Pricing in Alaska, A Regional
State Legislature, House Research Agency Report 83-C,
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700
100
~ ~ ,..
l 400
Ill
1!
AI ~00
c
~ =-:1 .200
100
0
1977
1.5
1.4
1.~
1.2
~ 1-.1
~ 1
8 0.9
Ill O.B c
0 0.7 =a
0 o.a c _g o.e 5
::I 0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
1977
c Total
FIGURE 5.1
OIL P,_OOUC'nON. H177-1'SI84
1980
cTotal + Throughput, oLoadings
PS Ill Valdez
FIGURE 5.2
OIL CONSUMPTION. 1977-1984
1980
+ Aviation ~Aviation
Gas Jet
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.ill. Marine
Diesel
)(Other
Gas
at
1984
1984
v Other
Diesel
FIGURE 5.3
~ P"ODUCTJON. 1~71-1~84
1..2
T.1
1
O.tl
0.5
b 0.7 I.
' O.I!S
i 0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
1971 197S 19150 1984
a Total +Injection o Net of Injection
FIGURE 5.4
GAS CONSUMPTION. 1971-1gS4
210
200
190
11!0
1?'0
180
150
140
b 130
~ 120 ., 110
c:L. 100
i 90
80
70
ISO
50
40
30
20
10
0
1971 1975 19BO '1984
a Total +LNG o Ammonia-ta !"ower )( Utilities 'f TAPS
Uria Generation
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HISTIIIICAL DIL PRODCUIJI All COitSUIPJIOI: STAT£
YEM: 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984[1) •.•..•.....••.••••.....•.............•.••..........•.•..•..•..••
PROIUCTIOI IRillian Blrrelst £21 587.339 618.910 625.527 626.556 Brass Praductioa 171.318 447.810 511.335 591.640
TAPS Throughput, PS It 112.315 397.149 467.939 554,934 556.067 591.142 600.859 607.961
EJPDRTS lliiliDI Barrels) [2]
Liftings at Valdez 96.669 394.080 464.394 548.895 547.026 583.370 592.319 599.672
COISIIKPTIOI lllillian 6allansl m
Aviatian Bas 16.770 15.830 16,925 16.912 18.754 16.596 15.244 17.977
u::gt 1.521 0.685 0.552 0.558 0.574 0.589 0.498 0.647
Tix It 15.249 15.145 16.373 16.354 18.180 16.007 14.746 17,330
Aviation Jtt 330.744 363.607 415.164 416~184 400.177 432.366 517.575 598.984
Exe:t 227 •. 581 250~601 288.974 286. uo 247.619 99.957 242.815 293.060
·Taxa lei 103.163 113.006 126.190 130.074 152.558 332.409 274.760 305.924
ltlrine &as 11.766 7.714 8~296 7.598 7.602 7.878 8.568 9.777
u:gt 5.707 0.554 0.292 0.025 0.085 0,032 0.052 0.114
Tu le 6.059 7.160 8.004 7.573 7.517 7.846 8.516 9.663
.!Iarine lii!Dl 38.613 51.985 59.492 67.711 72.282 99.443 147.569 149.798
Exe:t 6.396 10.116 6.325 5.370 5.153 30.443 75.395 72.087
Tu le 32.217 41.869 53.167 62.341 67.129 69.000 72.174 77.7U
other &is 186.213 187.359 181.329 177.353 186.446 210.644 197.968 234.833
Ei::t 5.094" 8.290 7.527 8.162 9.084 12.809 10.881 19.017
Tu It 181.119 179.069 173.802 169.191 177.362 197.835 187.081 215.816
Other Dii!Dl 165.752 184.876 269.377 302.647 326.440 411.125 420.279 410.303
Ex::t . 46.160 54~050. 120.960 120.939 117.074 187.856 178.494 163.082
Tax le 119.592"130.826 148.417 181.708 209.366 223.269 241.785 247.221
TDTill COJG-TIIJI 749.858·811.371 950.583 988.405 1,011.701 1,178.052 1,307.203 1,421.672
Ul Est·jlatl!f frO! gar~~reNIJ reports. [2] Alllia Oil and iS Conservation Co11ission, •statistical Report • 1977-83.
£31 Alaska Depart~~nt of Revenue, "Report of Notar Fuel Sold or Dislributed in Alaska.•
t4l Average annual grawtll. ·
S/D 1111: 15_1, rev: 1/7185
FUEL CATAGORIES, DEPARTNENT OF REVENUE
l/77-9/82
lDrder rurnngl!dJ
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
TABLE 5.1
Bra.th,
IW.
1984 [4J
5.76 I
7.35 1
7.25 1
2.14 1
8.68 1
4.03 z
19.29 1
3.84 I
14.21 I
9,80 I
Table 5.2
10182-Present
. . . . . . . .
Aviation 615 Exe~pt ---------------------------------------------------------------------Aviitlon &as Exetpt Taaabl.--------------------------------------------------Taxable
~·~~~~-~~~--~----~~~~· .. ·············~·······~~~·········· .. ···· .. ····~--~~---·~·····~~--.... ··~~~---.. -~
Aviation Bonded Elupt --------------------------------Aviation .Jet Exe11pt
Aviation .Jet Exe~pt ---------------------------------------Exetpt Tuible------------------------:----------Taxible ........ ___ .,_ ......................... --........................................................ _____ ....., ..................................... ___ , ____ ......... ..
lfarine Non-Prop. Exupt --1 · lfarint &as £11etpt
!Iarine Sas E11upt --------------------------Exetpt Tuible-----------------------------____;_-------------------Ta11able
··~-~·····~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .... ~ .. -~~~~~-·~~·~~~~~·~~·~··· .. ~~~~~·~~~~-·~ .. ~~-~~·~~--~~~~~~·· .. ·~~-~-~--.. ~~~~
Exei!IDt --QGDC·--------------------------------------lluine Diesel Exupt
lua&lr-----------------------------------------Taxable
!Iarin~ Diesel
llarine other T11able 1---------------------------------------------1 Taxable ~~~ .. ~~~··~·~~~·~~·~~~·~· .. ·~··~~·~--~ ... ~~~~~~··~···~~~~~~·~·~~~~~~ .. ~-·~~···~~~~·-~·~~~._.~·-···~~····
Off-Highway &As Exe~pt 1---1 Other Sas Exe1pt
Higllttay Gas Exe~pt ----------·-----------------------............. , &eiJit
Taxlble-----------------------------------------------------------------l Taxable
~-~~~--.. ·~~~-... ~~,~·~~·~~~ .. ·~~··~~~·~~~,~~~~~···~,~~~·~~~··~·~· .. ~·~~·~·~~~~-~~~·~~ ... ~
Off-Highway Diesel Exe1pt 1----------. -----------------·----------------1
High•ay Diell!l Eaeapt -----------------------------------------------------------------------1 Tuable----------------------------------------------------. I
Highway Other Taxable :------------------------------------1 other Type Fuel Taxible----------------------------1
S/D Tbl: T5.2J rev: 117/85 -28-
Other Diesel Exetpt
En1pt
Taxable
Taxable
Taxable
I
N
\Q
I
HlSTIIliCAL &AS DISPOSl'TlOII AIID SALES: STATE IBCf) TABU 5.3
lrclllh
YEAR:• 1971H 197211 197311 197411 1915 l976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1'84UJ 1978! ..•..••••..............•....................•••......•.•......•.........•.......................•.•..... 1984 [IIJ
PRDDUCTIOI
&ross Production [2] 227.940 222.790 225.235 229.909 256.399 271.162 375.832-602.687 738.485-898.155 948.554 1,090 •. 655 1,171.121 1,189.309 12.00 l
lnlection [3J 73.88 76 •. 13 37.78 86.91 83.007 97.077 171.188 375.405 503.003 661.947 695.515 817.863 886.364 898.946 15.67 I
lie Pradudian 154.060 146.660 137.455 142.999 173.392174~085 20 •• 644 227.282 235.482 236.208 253.039 272.792 284.757 290.363 4.17 J,
ClliSUII'Tlllll
Field Operitians 45.250 36.560 20.900 23.890 31.639 28.322 48.859 55.180 57.865 62.001 62.166 72.876 77.590 1!1.793 8.25 I Vented and fltred [3~ 33.18 20.98 6.93 7.05 10.557 6.674 15.729 6.183 4.551 4.846 5.660 6.983 S~OIM 6.737
Used on Le1ses [3] 10.96 14.86 12.42 14.31 17.963 18.424 29. '"' 35.055 38.123 43.515 44.592 52.724 5&.993 65.641
ShrinlciJe Ul 1.11 0.72 1.55 2.53 3.119 3.22~ 3.145 3.426 2.847 2.4:18 2.4:14 2.602 2.726 2.391 Otber [ J 0.00 o.oo 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.019 R0.516 12.344 11.142 9.480, 10.567 10.887 13.824 Sold l2l .121.717 123.717.130.937 130.319 141.754 145.763 155.785 172.101 177.616 174.208 190.873 199.91~· 207.167 201.370 2.67 1 LN& [4J 63.24 59.87 60.99 61.87 64.717 63.509 66.912 60.874 64.111 54.844 68.823 64.438 67.72'1 65 •. 471 l.22 I
Aaonii-Urea [51 19.49 20.58 20.64 22.10 23.888 24.257 ?.11.620 40.879 51.657 54.699 53.836 55.220 50.3311 50.890 0.67 '&
Pater generttian 14.691 15.379 16.700 17.448 25.461 27.613 28.590 29.718 33.141 33.520 33.947 36.222 36.651 35.030 2.71 1
Pubhc l6l 8.142 8.906 10.631 11.764 19.619 22.189 23.590 24.592 28.155 28.157 29.386 31.392 32.055 30.939
llilitlr{ [61 6.549 6.473 6.069 5.684 5.-842 5.424 5.000 5.126 4.986 4.763 4.561 4.830 4.596 4.091 &is utili ies 10.238 13.099 14.757 15.128 12.092 12.551 12.683 13.454. 14.045 15.521 16.213 19.564 19.518 19.1107 6.66 z Residl!fttill [6] 5.440 6.027 6.519 6.717 5.548 5.916 6.010 6.536 6.911 7.773 8.385 10.520 10.609 10.641 Couerdil l6l 4.798 7.072 8.238 8.411 6.544 6.635 6.673 6.918 7.134 7.748 7.828 9.04~ 8.909 9.166 Producers [7] • 13.396 12.587 10.414 12.477 11.588 6.703 10.523 6.958 5.190 5.601 11.383 12.698 12.039 Refiaers til • 0.560 1.939 2.465 3.268 I. 785 0.199 0.237 0.285 0.380 0.316 0.486 0.502 0.506 8.39 1 TAPS [91 o.ooo o.ooo 0.000 o.ooo 0.000 o.ooo •• 754 6.949 8.648 ·10.686 U.l06 11.952 13.277 12.636 10.48 z Other Sales [101 14.058 0.833 3.324 0.894 (0.2091 4.460 10.324 1.467 (1.229) (0.632) 1.031 0.649 6.454 5.192
t Not available.
It Railbelt only; does not include North Slope.
til Esti11ted fro• ptrt-yearly reports of cited sources.
[2] Alaska Oil and &is Conservation Co11issian "Report of Gas Disposition • aonthly reports.
lll 1971-74: Sttnford Research lnstitutel "Naiural &1s Deland and Supply ia the Ye1r 2000 in the Coat Inlet B11in of South Central Altskt 1 " Nov. 1977.
1975-84: Al11ki Oil tnd Gas Conserva ion C0111issionL "Report of &as Disposition,• IDnthly reports.
[4] 1971-74: Sttnfard Research Institute, "N1turil 611 Ulland 1nd Supply to the Year 2000 in tbe Coole Inlet Basin of South Central Alaska,• Nov. 1977.
1975-79: SUI of J) production frDI Kenai alid BIIVI!r Creek gil fields in: Altslcl Oil 1nd &11 I:Qnservation Cllllislian 1 "R"'II't of &11 DIIJIDiition,• and
2) Silts fro• Korth Coale Inlet gas field in: Altska Oil tnd Bls Canstrvatian CDIIissiao, "Kenai &is Sales.•
1980-84: Rayilty repll'ts froa productrs to Divi.sian of Oil and &1s.
[5] 1971-74: Sttnford Research Institute, "N1turil &as D111nd 1nd Supply to the Yeir 2000 in the Coat Inlet B1sin of South Central Alaska • Nov. 1977.
1975-79: SUI of 1) siles fro• Kenai and Detver Creek g1s fields to Callier Chetictl in: Alast1 Oil and &as Canservttian Colalssian, •lenai &as Sales,• and
2) sties fraa KcArthur River g1s field in: Altska Oil tnd &as Conservttion COIIission, "llonthly Report of Gas Disposition.•
19BD-84: Ray1lty reports fro1 producers to Division of Oil and &1s.
[6] Annual reports fr01 Alast1 Pipeline Co., ENSTAR 1nd Kenai Utility·Service Co. to Alask1 Public Utilities Callission tnd BarrDM Utilities 1nd Electric
Cooperative Inc. penan1l caaauniution.
l7l Raytlty reports lrai Union to Division of Oil 1nd 61s, itea Rental Bas.
l8l Roytlty reports fros Union to Division of Oil and &1s 1 ite1s Aliskl Pipeline-.ikiiki, Chevron Rent11 &is and letering.
[9] Rai1lty reports fraa ARCO to Division of Oil 1nd &is.
[101 Ca culated difference bet•een "Sold" and sua of listed "Sold" iteas •
. UU Average ;annual grDMth.
I
\..)
0
I
HISTORICIII. &AS DISPOSITION AID SALES: RAILBB.T l8Cf) TABLE 5. 3 lcant. J
YEAR: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1910 1981 1982 1913 1984111 ermt~
••••••• 1111151 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• . ..... . . ..... . 1984 t91
PRODUCTIOII
Gross Produttiun [2]
lnjettian E3J
227.940 222.790 225.235 229.909 252.554 265.253 279.961 293.800 305.075 299.942 299.051 309.119 306.343 300.922 0.40 I
73.88 76.13 87.78 86.91 83.007 n.on to3.108 to3.551 112.868 115.437 1oo.uo 102.248 94.ltm u.m -1.61 1
Net Produtti on 154.060 146.660 137.455 142.999 169.547 168.176 176.853 190.249 192.207 184.505 198.641 20..871 211.958 206.997 1.42 'I
CIIHSUIIPTJ liN
Field OperatiQns
Vented and flared [3]
Used on leases l3l
Shrinkage £3)
other l3l
Sold l2l
LN& lU
A•onia-Urea [5]
Power generation
Public [61
IIi 1i tary £61
&as Ut ill ties
Residential £61 Co1aercial [61
Producers [7]
Other Sales l8l
t Not ava'ilable.
45.250 36.560 20.900 23.890 28.830 24.467 24.416 25.949 24.101 22.304 20.559
33.18 20.98 6.93 7.05 9 •• 96 5.421 4.848 3.170 2.710 3.045 3.175
10.96 14.86 12.42 14.31 16.215 15.822 16.404 16.228 14.564 14.608 14.950
1.11 0.72 1.55 2.53 3.119 3.224 3."145 3.426 2.847 2.438 2.434
o.oo o.oo o.oo o.oo o.ooo 0.000 0.019 .2.425 3.980 2.213 0.000
121.717 123.717 130.937 130.318 140.717 143.710 152.437 164.300 168.106 162.201 178.082
63.24 59.87 60.9'1 61.87 64.717 63.509 66.912 60.874 64..lll 54.844 68.823
19.49 20.58 20.64 22.10 23.888 24.257 28.620 48.879 51.657 54.699 53.836
14.691 15.319 16.700 17.448 25.461 27.613 28.590 29.718 33.141 33.520 33.632
8.142 8.906 10.631 11.764 19.619 22.189 23.590 24.592 28.155 28.751 29.071
6.549 6.473 6.069 5.684 5.842 5.424 5.000 5.126 4.986 4.763 4.561
10.238 13.099 14.757 15.128 12.092 12.551 12.683 13.454 14.045 15.521 15.178
5.440 6.027 6.519 6.717 5.548 5.916 6.010 6.536 6.911 7.773 7.950
4.798 7.012 8.238 8.411 6.544 6.635 6.673 &.918 7.134 7.748 7.828
I 13,396 12.587 10,414 12.477 11.588 6.703 10.523 6.958 5.190 5,601
14.059 1.393 5.263 3.358 2.022 4.192 8.929 0.852 U.806J 11.5731 0.412
lll Estiaated fro• 'art-yearly reports of cited sources.
l2l Alaska Oil and &as Conservation Coaaission1 "Report of Gas Disposition • aonthly reports.
20.957
3.494
14.861
2.602 o.ooo
11§.913
64.438
55.220
35.818
30.988
4.830
19.025
9.981
9.044
11.383
0.029
19.~0
2.560
14.056
2.726
0.038
192.518
67.729
50.338
36.169
31.573
4.596
19.111
10.202
8.909
12.698
6.533
20.479
3.292
14.593
2.591
0.003
186.519
65.471
50.890
34.545
30.454
4.091
19.293
10.127 9.166
12.038
4.282
-3.17 l
2.14 1
1.22 l
0.67 1
2.54 l
3.63 1
6.19 l
l3l 1971-74: Stanford Research lnstitute1 •Natural &as Deaand and Supply to the Year 2000 in the Cook Inlet Basin of South Central Ala1k1,• lov. 1977.
1975-84: Alaska OU 1nd &as Canservation Co11ission1 "Report of &as Disposition, • 1011thly reports.
l41 1971-74: Stanford Research Institute, "Natural &as ueaand and Supply to the Year 2000 in the Cook Inlet Basin of South Central Alaska,• Nov. 1977.
1975-79: Sua af ll production fro• Kenai and Beaver Creek gas fields in: Alaska Oil 1nd 61s Conser~ation to11ission, "Report of 611 Dlspasition,• and
21sales froa North took Inlet 9as field in: Aloska Oil and Gas Conservation Coaaissian, •Kenai &as Sales.•
1980-84: Royalty reports of producers to Di~is1on of Oil and &as. .
l5J 1971-74: Stanford Research Institute, •Natural &u De1and and Supply to thLt Yeu 2000 in the CIHit Inlet Basin of South Central Alaska • Nov. 1971.
1975-79: Sua of I! sales fr01 Ktnai and Beaver Creek gas fields to Collier thetical in: Alaska Oil and &as Conservation Co11issian, •ken1i &11 Siles,• and
2) sales froa McArthur River gas field in: Alaska Oil and &as Conservation CD11isslon 1 •~onthly Report of 611 Dispasition,•
19BG-84: Royalty r:eports of producers to Division of Oil and &as .•
(h)
(7]
(8]
[9J
Annual reports fro• Alaska Pipeline Co., EISTAR and Kenai Utility Service Co. to Al1st1 Public Utilities &D11ission.
Royalty reports fro1 Union to Division of Oil and &as 1 itea Rental Bas.
Calculated difference bet.een •&old• and su1 of listea "Sold" iteas.
Average annual grcmth.
HISTORICAL 6AS DISP,OSITION AND SALES: NON~RAILBELT IBCFl TABLE 5.3 lcont.l
YEAR: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1·977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984[1]
SroMth,
1978-
PRODUCTION ..•...•..•.... ······· .•...................•...•..•.....• ······· .•••...••...... 1984 [7)
Gross Production [2] I t I I 3.845 5.909 95.871 308.887 433.410 598.214 649.504 781.536 864.778 888.387 19.25 '1.
Inrcuon £21 I t I I 0.000 0.000 68.080 271.854 390.136 546.509 595.106 715.615 791.979 805.021 19.83 '1.
Ne Production: t t I I 3,845 5.909 27.791 37.033 43.274 51.705 54.398 65.921 72.799 B3.36b 14.48 '1.
CDNSU"PTION
Field Operations I I I I 2.808 3 •. 856 24.444 29.231 33.763 39.6'97 41.607 51.921 58.210 68,315 15.20 '1.
Vented and flared £21 I I I t 1.061 1.254 10.882 2.313 1.840 1.801 2.485 3.490 2.524 3.446
Used on Leases [21 I t t I 1. 747 2.602 13.562 18.82(; 23.559 28.967 29.642 37.864 44.837 51.048
Shrinka1e £21 I t t I 0.000 o.ooo 0.000 0.000 o.ooo 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Other [ J t t t I 0.000 0.000 0.000 8.092 8.364 8.929 9.480 10.567 10.849 13.821
Sold £21 I t I I 1.o:n 2.054 3.347 7.802 9.512 12.007 12.m 14.000 14.589 15.051 11.57 '1.
Po~ter 9eneration, Public [3] I t I t I t t t t I 0.315 0.404 0.482 0.485 Gas Ut1lities, Residential £31 t t t I I t I t I I 0.435 0.539 0.407 0.514 Refiners [4] I 0.560 1.939 2.465 3.268 1. 785 0.199 0.237 0.285 o. 3130 0.316 0.486 0.502 0.50b 8.39 '1.
TAPS £51 o.ooo 0.000 o.ooo 0.000 0.000 0.000 l. 754 6.949 8.648 10.686 11.106 11.952 13.277 12.636 10.48 '1. Other Sales [6] 12.2311 0.269 1.394 0.616 0.579 0.941 0.619 0.619 10.0791 0.910
I Not iivailable.
[1] Esti=ated fro• ~art-yearly reports of cited sources.
I [2] Alaska Oil and as Conservation Co111issionf "Report of Sas Disposition,• 11onthly reports. w
1-' [3] BarroN Utilities and Electric Cooperative nc., personal coaaunication.
I [4] Royalty reports fro• Union to Division of Oil and Sas, iteas Alaska Pipeline-Nikiski, Chevron Rental Sas and "etering. [5] Rolalty reports fro• ARCD to Division of Oil and 6as. [6] Ca culated difference bet~teen "Sold" and sua of listed "Sold" iteas.
[7] Average annual groMth.
SID Tbl: T5_3~ rev. 117/85
ROYALTY OIL AND GAS DATA BY FIELD
FIELD LOCATION 8E6AN PRODUCTION
OIINER
OPERATOR
AVERAGE "ONTHLY PRODUCTION
AS IJF 1·9/84
CU"ULATlVE NET PRODUCTION
AS DF 9/84
ESTI"ATED RESERVES AS OF 9/84
ESTI"ATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
BELUGA RIVER Cook Inlet, onshore, •est side
1/68
A6EA, ARCO, Chevron, Shell
Chevron
OIL
Bbl
Bbl
Bbl
%
Casinghead
ROYALTY 12.51, Effective rate: 7.555%
GAS
"CF
Gas lieU
1,568,438 "CF
175,561,305 "CF
763 1 884,062 I!CF
19 z
PURCHASER Chugach Electric, ENSTAR /Bbl /"CF RIY: t 0.21033 /NCf
---------------------------LEASES State ADL: 17592, 17599 1 176581 21126 1 21127, 21128, 21129
Federal AD: 29656, 29657
COI!IfENTS
APPENDIX A
Until recently, Chugach Electric was the only current purchaser of this gas. Chugach uses this gas for power generation
Mhich is delivered to the Anchorage earket. .
Enstar has recently purchased Beluga River gas under contract froa Shell and just coapleted i pipeline
fro1 the field through the l!at-Su Valley to Anchorage. .
Due to the existence of several Federal leases, the state's effective royalty share is 7.5551.
Royalty o•nership tas reallocated by changing the ONnership deter1ination fro• surface
acreage to reservoir percentage.
FIELD
LOCATION
BEGAN PRODUCTION
ONNER
OPERATOR
AVERA&E "ONTHLY PRODUCTION
AS OF 1-9184
CUI!ULATIYE NET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9/84
ESTI~TED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTI~ATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
CANNERY LOOP
Cook Inlet, onshore, east side
Field delineation underway
Union
OIL
Bbl
Bbl
Bbl
----------·----------------ROYALTY
PURCHASER /Bbl
LEASES State ADl:
COI!"ENTS Shut-in gas field.
Initial hydrocarbon equity oMnership calculations underway.
&AS
Casinghead &as Nell
ltCF
I!CF
1
/ltCF
KCF
KCF
KCF
/ltCF
FIELD
LOCATIIII BEiiM PRODUCTIGI
DINER
DUCK ISLAND I SA& DElTA CENDICOTT R£SERVIIIRI NOrth Slope, onshore/offshore
Facilities design under~ay, prDductioo npected to begin in 1988.
OPERATOR
AVERA&£ liOIITHLY PROilt.ICTIOII
AS OF 1~9184
CUIIULATIYE ftET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9184
ESTIIIATED RESERVES
AS OF 9184
ESTIIIATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPlETED
AS OF ll/84
ROYALTY
PURCHASER
SOHIO
OIL
Bbl
Bbl
Bbl
/Bbl
---------------------------LEASES State ADL:
COIIIIENTS
Initial calculation of hydrocarbon ownership underway.
Unit lffl expansion application 1ade in Deceeber, 1984.
FIELD
LOCATION
BE&AN PRODUCTION
OiliER
OPERATOR
AVERA&£ IIONTHLY PRODUCTION
AS OF 1-9/84
CUIIULATIVE NET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED RESERVES
AS OF 9184
ESTIIIITED PERCEIIT OF
FIB.D DEPlETO
AS OF 9184
ROYALTY
·PURCHASER
---------------------------LEAS£5 State AIL:
CIBIIIENTS
EPPERSON KNOB UNIT AREA
Cook Inlet, onshore, east side
Exploration to begin in 1985
Alaska Crude Corporation
Oil
Bbl
Bbl
Bbl
/Bbl
BAS
Casinghead 61! !fell
IICF
ltCF
/IICF
&AS
Casinghead &as hll
ltCF
IICF
IICF
/II:F
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IICF
IICF
/IICF
IICF
%
lrll
FIELD
LIICATIOI
BE6AM PRIIIHICTIIIM om
OPERATOR
AVERA&£ lllltTKLY PRODUCTIOI
AS OF 1·9184
CURULATIVE NET PRODUCTION
AS Of 9/84
ESTlftATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTlftATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
FALLS CR£EK
Cook Inlet, onshore, e1st side
Shut-in l'lt~l
Cht¥ron
OIL
Bltl
Bbl
Bbl
--------------
ROYALTY
PURCHASER
LEASES Stlte ADL:
CDIUIENTS
Shut-in gas field.
FIELD
LOCATION
/Bbl
GRANITE POINT
Cook Inlet, affshort 1 test side
12167
BAS
Casinghead 6as llell
JICF 0 ftCF
IICF 181983 lltF
IICF 13, ooo, 000 ftCF
0 '1.
/IICF /IICF
BEGAN PRODUCTION
OIINER
OPERATOR
AIIDCD, ARCD, CheYran, Betty, llabil 1 Phillips, Superior, TI!XitD 1 Union
AIIOCO, ARCO, Texaco, Union
AYERA6E KONTHLY PRODUCTION
AS OF 1-9/84
CUitULATJVE NET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTIMTED PEIICEIIT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
ROYALTY
OIL
285,255 BbJ
'171 1101 561 Bbl
24,432,705 Bbl
80 t
12.5 t
PURCHASER Tesoro RIK: S24.884 /Bbl
ARCOt
MOCD Platfant
Uniont
Casinghead
204,099 IICF
84,793,308 IICF
24, 163, 112 IICF
78 t
/IICF RIV: t 0.111 RIV: t 0.10
RIV: I 0.10
t Still ataunt of casinghead gas sald to AIIOCO far use an platfara.
---------------------------LEASES State ADL: 17586 1 175871 17597 1 18742, 18761 1 18776, 35431
CDftiiENTS
All royalty oil fro• this field is taken in kind and sold ta Tesoro.
BAS
Ills llell
lfCf
1
/IICf
&as fro• this field is casinghead gas and •as for1erly flared. DO&C Flaring Order 1104• 6/30/71,
has prohibited flaring since 7/1/72 and this gas is no• recoYered and used locally.
FIELD &IYIYR BAY UNIT AREA
LOCATIOII North Sla~e, onshart/offshart
BE&AII PROIIUCTIOI Field del1neatian under,ay
OUMER
OPERATOR Canoe a
OIL 6415 Casinghead 61! ltll
AVERAGE IIIJNTHL Y PRODUCTIOII Bbl IICF tiCF
AS OF 1-9184
CUHULATIYE NET PRODUCTION Bbl IICF riCF AS OF 9/84
ESTIMTED RES£RVES 30,000,000 Bblt IICF ltCf AS OF 9/84
ESTIMTED PERCEJIT OF
fiELD DEPLETED AS OF 9/84 1
1 Milliat Yan Dyke, personal tDitunitation, 10/10/84.
·--------------------------ROYALTY
PURCHASER /Bbl /llCF IriS
---------------------------LEASES State ADI.:
COHIIENTS Further eKplaration attivitie§ planned for 1985.
FIELD HEfti SPRINGS UMIT AREA
LOCATION Harth Slope, onshore
BESAN PRODUCTION Exploration to begin in 1984
OiiNER
OPERATOR ARCIJ
OIL GAS Casinghead 611 lell
AYERASE IIDNTHLY PRODUCTION Bbl t!CF IICF AS OF 1-9/84
CUNULATIVE MET PRODUCTION Bbl ltCF IICf
AS OF 'f/84
ESTIMATED RESERVES Bbl IICF II:F
AS Of 9/84
ESTIMTED PERCm OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84 1 1 ---------------ROYALTY
PURCHASER /Bbl /llCF /IICF
---------------------------LEASES State Aot:
COKHEIITS
Unit agreeaent approved in 1984.
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FIELD. IVAI RIVER
LOCATION Coat Inlet, onshore, •est side
BEGAII PRODUCTIIII Shut·in 1966 1 suspended
DIINER
OPERATOR Chevron
OIL &AS
Casinghead &as IIIII
AVERA&£ ftlltTIILY PRODUCTION Bbl IICF IEF
AS OF l-9/84
CUKULATIVE NET PRODUCTION Bbl ftCF OIICF
AS OF 9/84
ESTII'IATED RESERVES Bbl ftCF 26,000,000 IICF AS OF 9/84
ESTIMTED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED AS OF 9/84 X X 0'1
---------------------------ROYALTY
PURCHASER /Bbl /IICF /1117
---------------------------LEASES Stite ADL:
CDftftENTS
Shut-in gas field.
FIELD KATALLA
LOCATION &ulf of Alaska, onshore
BEGAN PRODUCTION Abandoned 1934
ONNER
OPERATOR Fee land
OIL GAS
Casinghead &as llell
AVERAGE ftONTHLY PRODUCTION· 0 Bbl IICF ftCF AS OF 1-9/84
CUftULATIVE NET PRODUCTION 154,000 Bbl IICF IICf' AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED RESERVES Hot reported Bbl ftCF IICF AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84 ________________ ... ________
ROYALTY
PURCHASER /Bbl /ftCF /IICF -------LEASES State ADI.~
connEHTS
Alaska Crude Corporation beginning exploration again in 1985.
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FIB.D
LOCATIIIII BE&Aif PROIIOCTIIII
ONNER OPERATOR
AVERA&E IIIIITII. Y PRODUCTIIIII
AS OF J-9/84
CUftULATIVE NET PRODUCTIOI
AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED RESERVES AS OF 9/84
ESTIMTED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED AS OF 9/84
KAVIIC Narth Slope, anshan
Susp!llded
ARCO
OIL
Bbl
Bbl
Bbl
---------------------------ROYALTY
PURCHASER /Bbl
LEASES Stite ADL:
COifftEHTS
Shut-in gas field.
FIELD KENAI
LOCATION
BEGAN PRODUCTION
OllffER
Cook Inlet, onshore, east side . 1/62 . .
OPERATOR
AVERAGE ftOHTHLY·PRODUCTION
AS OF J-9/84
CUftULATIYE NET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9/84
ESTIKATEO RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
1 Natural gas liquids.
ARCO, Chevron, lfarathon, Union
On ian
OIL
Bbl
11,877 Bblt
Bbl
&AS
Casinghead &u lbll
ltCF IICF
ftCF IICF
IICF
z
/ltCF /IICF
&AS
Casinghead Saslfell
IICF 9,076,597 Kef
ftCF 1,510,682,825 IICF
ftCF 763,310,628 IICf
z 66 z
ROYALTY
PURCHASER
12.51, Effective rate: Kenai, 2.068791; Kenai Deep, 0.01
Alaska Pipeline /Bbl
Chevron
/ftCF RIY: t 0.605 /ICF
RIV: t 0.605
City af Kenai
lfarathan LH6
Rental gas CS•ansan River ail field!
Union
Unian--thevron exchange
Keighted average:
LEASES State ADL: 00593, 00594, 00588, 02411, 02497, 308223, 324598
Federal AD: 28047, 28055, 28056, 28103, 28140, 28142, 28143
CDifftENTS
RIV: S 0.29 RIV: t 2.02
RIV: t 0.18
RIV: t 0.53
RIV: t 0.605
• 0.526
The Kenai Unit provides aast of the gas sales in the Coat Inlet area. Estiaated Alaska state royaltr
gas sales •ere approxiaately 195,000 ftCF as of 1982.
The state does not receive the full 12.5% ro~alty share because Df the predaainance of Federal lea!es in the unit and the recent conveyance of land to Cook Inlet Region Inc. The price the state receved
frat its royalty share results frat prices paid under existing contracts between the lessees and their
purchasers.
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FIELD KUPARIIK
LOCATION North Slape, onshore
B£6AN PRODUCTION 12/81
DlfJIER ARCO, BP, Chevron, Exxon, llollil, Philli!ls, Saltio, Unian
OPERATOR ARCO .·
OIL &AS
Cuinghead &as M.ll
AVERA&£ IIDITHLY PRODUCTIOI
AS OF 1-9/84
l, 498,390 Bbl m, 9:u JK:F IICF
CUI!UlATIVE NET PRODUCTIDI 1041 868 1 433 Bbl 16,508,372 IICF IICF
AS OF 9/84
ESTIIfATED RESERVES 11 040,000,000 Bblt 220,000,000 ftCFt JH:F
AS OF 9/84
ESTIIIATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84 6 'E 7 'E
t Millia1 Van Dyke, persanal COIIanicatian, 10/10/84. -----. ---------ROYALTY 12. ~ 'E
PURCHAS£R All CHillers RIV: 116.83643 18blt RIV: 12.992356 llftF
1 leighted average, with field costs.
-------·.------------------LEASES State ADL: 25512 1 25513, 25519, 25520 1 25521, 25522, 25523, 25531,.25547, 25548
25569, 25570, 25571, 25585 25586, 25587, 25588, 25589, 25590, 25603
CDIIIIENTS
25604 25605 25628 25630 25631 25632 2!1633 25634 25635
256361 256371 256381 256 25640' 25641' 256421 25643 1 256441 25645
25646 1 25647 1 2564&! 25649 25650 1 25651' 25652 1 25653 1 25654 1 25655
25656: 25~ 25658, 25659: 25660~ 25661~ 25664: 25665: 25666~ 25661
25668
Unit Area expansion approved in 1984.
FIELD.
LOCATION
BEGAN PRODUCTION
OWNER OPERATOR
AVERAGE IIDMTHLY PRODUCTJQI
AS OF 1-9/84
CUIIULATIVE NET PRDDUCTIDI
AS OF 9184
ESTiftATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTIIIATED PERCENT DF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
ROYALTY
PURCHASER
LEASES State ADL:
CIJIIIIENTS
L£MIS RIVER
Coot Inlet, ansltare, west side
1984
Cities Service
OIL
RIY: 12.51
Bbl
Bill
Bbl
1
/Bbl
Short tert gas sates to Enst1r beglft in 1984.
GAS
Casinghead Gu Well
IICF 0 IICF
IICF 53,295 IICF
22,000,000 IICF
1 0 z
/IICF IIICF
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FIELD
LOCATliiM
LISBURNE RESERVOIR
BESAI PRODUCTIIII
DIINER
North Slope, onshare/offshor.e
Field delineation and facilities design under.ay, productlon·e•pected to
b@Vin in 1986-87.
ARCO OPERATOR
OIL
AVERA&£ IIIIITHlY PRODUCTIOI 35,140 Bbl
AS OF 1-9/84 .
CUftULATIVE MET. PRODUCTION 613,152 Bblt
AS OF 9/84
ESTIItATED RESERVES 399,683,740 Bbltt
AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 'f/84 0%
1 Includes 28,897 Bbl N&L.
tt Milliaa Van Dyke, personal CD11unication, 10/10/84.
ROYALTY
PURCHASER
LEASES State ADL:
CIIIIIIENTS
FIELD
LOCATION
12.51
/Bbl
IICARTHUR RIVER
Cook Inlet offshore, west side
12/69.
Casinghead
36,178 IICF
856,938 IICF
1,099,674,399 IICFt
0 1
/IICF
BAS
BEGAN PRODUCTION
OMHER
OPERATOR
AIIOCD, ARCD, Chevron, Getty, narathon. Philli,s, Union
Union
OIL GAS
Casinghead
AVERAGE IIDHTHLY PRODUCTION 1,030,248 Bbl 501 1 795 IICFtt
AS OF 1-'f/84
CUIIULATIVE.HET PRODUCTION 504,364,975 Bblt 180,731,696 IICFtt
AS OF 9/84
ESTit!ATED RESERVES 64,727,768 Bbl 21,483,845 IICF
AS OF 9/84
ESTIIfATED PERCENT Of
FIELD DEPlETED
AS OF 'f/84 89 1 8'f 1
1 Includes 8,112 1602 Bbl N&L.
tt Includes tank vapors.
---------------------------ROYALTY 12.5 1
PURCHASER Tesoro RIK: $28.04 /Bbl /IICF _.,. _______ ,. _______
Gu lieU
IEF
IICF
/IICF
Sis Well
753,798 IICF
105 1347,362 IICF
53,215,816 IICF
66 1
/IICF
LEASES Stat! ADL: 17519, 17594 1 176029 18716 1 18729, 18730, 18758, 18772, 18777, 21068
CDMENTS
All royalty ail fr01 this field is taken in kind and sold to Tesoro.
Gas fro• this field is casinghead gas and was for1erly flared. DO&C Fl~ring Order 1104, 6/30/71,
has prohibited flaring since 7/1/72 and this gas is no• recovered and used locally.
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FIELD
LOCATION
BEGAN PRODUCTIDM
OIINER
OPERATOR
AVERA&£ lllllmiLY PRODUCTION
AS OF 1·9184
CUlllt.ATIVE NET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTlltATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9184
ROYALTY
PURCHASER AKOCO
NICIII..AI CREEK
Coat Inlet, onshore-offshore, west side
10/68, nat shut-in
Supartar, Texaco
Teuco
DlL
Bbl
Sbl
Bbl
1
12.5 1
/Bbl
Casinghead
LEASES Stat~ AOL: 17585, 17598 1 63279
Federal AD: 34161
COIIIIEIITS
&AS
IICF
IICF
Gas lell
OIICF
!1 062,055 IICF
3,000,000 IICF
26 I
/IICF RIY: I 0.15 /lltF
Gas fro1 this Slill field, when produced, is used only by platfor• and shore production facilitits. At
present there is no production and no prospective purchaser far the state's royalty share.
FIELD
LOCATION
BEGAN PRODUCTION
ONHER
OPERATOR
AYERA6E IIONTHLY PRODUCTION
AS OF 1-9/84
CUIIULATIVE NET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9/84
ESTIIIATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTtltATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84 ----------------------ROYALTY
PURCHASER Alaska Pipeline
Phillips
---------------------------LEASES State ADL:
CD!IItENTS
NORTH CODK INLET
Coat Inlet, affshare, aid-channel
3/69
P~illips
Phillips
OIL
Bbl
Bbl
Bbl
1
12.5 I
/Bbl
17589, 17590, 19740, 18741, 37831
Casinghead
6AS
IICF
IICF
ltCF
/tiCF
Bas ilell
3,814,191 ftCF
824,672,783 IICF
45 1
RlY: f2.3405 /IICF
Gas froa this field is primarily delivered to the Phillips LNS plant and subsequently sold in Japan.
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FIELD
LOCATION BEGAN PRODUCTIOI
DINER OPERATOR
AYERA6E "ONTHLY PRODUCTIOI
AS OF 1-9/84
CUIIULATIVE NET PRODUCTION AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED RESERVES AS OF 9/84
ESTIIIATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
RIDDLE GROUND SHOAL
Coat Inlet, offshore, east side
9167
AftDCD, ARCD1 Chevron, Setty, Phillips, Shell •o, Slteh
OIL
273,544 Bbl
143,180,432 IJJil
12,539,105 Bbl
Casinghead
185 1009 IICF
9,334,920 IICF
88 l
---------------------------
92 l
12.5 l
RIK: t28.17 /Bbl
ROYALTY
PURCHASER Tesoro /IICF
LEASES State ADL: 17595, 18744, 18746, 18754, 18756
COJIIIENTS
All royalty oil productd frat this field is taien in kind and sold ta Tesoro.
Recent increases in gas prices aay encourage a reevaluation of this gas.
SAS
&as Well
27,835 IICF
586,476 IICF
Not reported IICF
N/A 1
/IICF
&as frot this field is casinghead gas and •as forterly flared. DD&C Flaring Order 1104, 6/30/71,
has prohibited flaring since 7/1/72 and this gas is no• recovered and used locally.
FIELD
LOCATION
IIILNE POINT
BESAN PRODUCTION
OIINER
OPERATOR
North Sl~e, onshore
Field del1neation and facilities de5ign underway, production expected to.
begin in 1986.
Canoco
AYERA&E ftOHTHLY PRODUCTION
AS OF ·1-9/84
CUftULATIYE NET PRODUCTION
AS Of 9/84
ESTiftATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTIIIATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
OIL
Bbl
Bbl
60,000,000 Bblt
t Milliat Van Dyke, personal coaaunication, 10/10/84.
-----·---------------------ROYALTY Estitated effective rate, 161.
PURCHASER /Bbl
LEASES State ADL:
COIIIIENTS
Unit area expansion approved during 1983.
GAS Casinghead Gas llell
IICF
IICF
IICF IICF
1
IIICF /IICF
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FIELD NORTM FORt:
LOCATION Coot Inlet, onshore, east side
BE&AN PRODUCTION Shut-in 1965
OIIHER OPERATOR Chevron
OIL 6AS Casinghead Sasllrll
AVERAGE IIDNTHLY PRODUCTION llfll IICF OIICF
AS OF 1-9/84
CUIIULATIVE NET PRODUCTION Bbl
AS OF 9/84
IICF 104,595 IICF
ESTI~TED RESERVES Bbl
AS OF 9/84
IICF 12,000,000 IICF
ESTIIIATED PERCENT 6F
FIELD DEPLETED AS OF 9/84 % I 1
---------------------------ROYALTY
PURCHASER /Bill mF /IICF
---------------------------LEASES State AOL:
cal'lmTs Shut-in gas field.
FIELD NORTH !IlDDLE &ROUND SHOAL
LOCATION Cook Inlet, offshore, tid-channel
BESAN PRODUCTION No produttlon, abandoned 1975
ONHER
OPERATOR
OIL SAS
Casinghead &as llell
AVERAGE IIONTHLY PRODUCTION Bbl IICF IICF AS OF 1-9/84
CUIIULATIYE NET PRODUCTION Bbl IICF IICF AS OF 9/84
ESTIIIATED RESERVES Bbl IICF IICF AS OF 9/84
ESTIIIATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84 'I
---------------------------tDYALTY
URCHASER /Bbl /IICF /IICF
--------------------------EASES State ADL:
DIIIIENTS
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FIELD
LOCATION
BE&AN PRODUCTIOI
OIINER
OPERATOR
PRUDHOE BAY -SADLEROCHIT RESERVOIR
North Slape, onshore
10/69
A11rada-Hess, ARCO( BP, Chevron, Exxon, Setty, LLlE, ftarathan, Habil,
Petra-Lewis, Phill1ps, SDHIO
ARCD, Sohio
. OIL BAS
Casinghead &u llell
AVERAGE HONTHLY PRODUCTION 46 1 810 1092 8bl
AS OF 1-9/8.
b1 209,513 II£F
CUHUUTIVE NET PRODUCHDII 31634 1 014,931 Bbl
AS OF 9/84
402 1 116,096 ftCF
ESTIHATED RESERVES 6,343,000,000 8blt 29,000 1 000,000 ftCFt IICF
AS OF 9/84
ESTIMTED PERCENT Of
FiaD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84 36 I 1 1
t Milliam Van Dyke, personal cotDUnication, 10/10/84. ------------
ROYALTY 12.5 Z, Meighted average: S18.09916
PURCHASER Hapco-&VEAt RIK: .213334 of Royalty /HCF
Tesorot RlK: .21208 of Royalty
/IICF
Chevront RIK: .096 of Royalty
t Ne• contracts effective 4/1/85.
LEASES
CDH"ENTS
State ADL: 2823Dt 28239, 28240 1 28241, 28244' 28245, 28246, 28257 28258 28260
28260, 28261, 28262, 28263, 28264, 28265, 28275, 28276~ 28277: 28278
28279, 28280, 28281, 28282, 28283, 28284, 28285, 28286, 28287, 28288
28289 28290 28299 28300 28301 28302 28303, 28304, 28305 28306
28307: 28308: 28309: 28310: 28311: 28312: 28313, 28314, 28315: 28316
28320, 28321, 28322, 28323, 28324, 28325, 28326, 28327, 28328, 28329
28330, 28331, 28332, 28333, 28334, 28335, 28339, 28343, 28344, 28345
28346 28349 34628 34629 34630, 34631 34632 47446 47447 47448
47449: 47450: 47451: 47452: 47453, 47454: 47469: 47471: 47472: 47475
47476
The state's roialty share of oil ~roduced is 12.511 •ith 14.91 of this share presently bein; taken
in kind and so d to ·North Pole Refinery and &olden Valley Electric Assn. An additional 35.5178%
of the state's share is taken in kind and sold to Tesoro. The re1ainder is taken in value.
Additional royalty ail sales in 1984 are cantelplited to be taken in value.
S1all a1ounts of produced gas are presently sold to the operator of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. The
state is receiving royalty in value •ith the gas price being set bl the o.ners of the gas. There
presently is no ather lirket. The state's royalty share of gas sa es is 12.51.
Unit Area e1pansion approved 1984 1 Mith additional develop1ent •ark continuing •
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FIELD. PRUDHOE BAY -SA& RIVER RESERVOIR
LDCATIOII
BEBAN PRODUCTION
OIINER
OPERATOR
OIL
AVERA&E "ONTHLY PRODUCTION Bbl
AS OF 1-9/84
CU~LATIVE NET PRODUCTION Bbl
AS OF 9/84
ESTIKATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
130,000,000 Bblt
ESTiftATED PERCENT Of
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84 X
t Millia1 Van Dyke, personal co11unicatian, 10/10/84.
ROYALTY
PURCHASER
LEASES State ADL:
COIIIIENTS
FIELD
LOCATION
BEBAN PRODUCTION
OIINER
OPERATOR
/Bbl
POINT THOIISOH UNIT AREA
·North Slape, onshore/offshore
Shut-in .
EXXON
OIL
AVERA&£ "ONTHLY PRODUCTION Bbl
AS OF 1-9/84
CU"ULATIYE NET PRODUCTION Bbl
AS OF 9/84
ESTI"ATED RESERVES 400,000,000 Bblt
AS OF 9/84
ESTIIIATED PERCENT Of
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
t Millia1 Van Dyke, personal co••unicatian, 10/10/84.
ROYALTY
PURCHASER
LEASES State ADL:
CO""ENTS
/Bbi
Casinghead
IICF
"CF
"CF
I
Casinghead
IICF
IICF
5,000,000,000 IICFt
/IICF
BAS
Bas hll
ltCf
"CF
"CF
/IICF
&AS
Su lieU
"CF
IICF
/IICF
Unit Area expansion approved in 1984. llarket analysis underMay to deter1ine develapaent potential.
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FIELD LOCATIOI
BE&AM PRODIETIIII
ONNER OPERATOR
REDilUIT SIIIJAL Coal Inlet. offshore, lid-channel
Abandoned
OIL
AVERASE ftONTHLY PROIUCTIOI 0 Bbl AS OF 1·9/84
CUftULATIVE NET PRODUCTION 1,596 Bill
AS OF 9/84
Casinghead
0 f!CF
4S6 IICF
ESTlf!ATED RESERVES Not reported Bill AS OF 9/84 tlot r!ported IICF
ESTIItATED PERCENT IF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS Of 9/84 N/A 1
ROYALTY
PURCHAS£1l
LEASES
COIIIIENTS
/Bbl
State ADL:
FIELD
~~~~~:ooucnDN
SOUTH JICARTHUR RIVER UIIIT AREA Cook Inlet, offshore Further exploration pending
OWNER
OPERATOR Jlallil
IVERA&E JIDNTHLY PRODUCTION ·
AS OF 1·9184
CUJIULATIVE NET PRODUCTION AS OF 9/84 .
ESTIJIATED RESERVES
AS IF '1/84.
ESTif!ATED PERCENT Of FIELD DEPLETED AS OF 9/84
ROYALTY
PURCHASER ·-----------LEASES Slite ADL:
COIIIIENTS
OIL
Unit agreeaent likely to ter1inate in 1985.
Bill
Bbl
Bbl
/Bbl
N/A 1
/IICF
Casinghead
IICF
1
/IICF
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&AS
611 Ifill
fiCF
IICF
I
lrrtl
615 lltll
IICF
/IICF
FIELD
LCCATHIN BEGAN PRODUCTION
OltNER OPERATOR
AVERAGE "ONTHLY PRODUCTION AS OF 1-9/84
CU~LATIYE NET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9/84
ESTIIIATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTIKATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
ROYALTY ,
STERLING
Coot Inlet, onshore, east side
5/62
Karatbon, Union
Union
OIL
Bbl
Bbl
Bbl
t
Casinghead
PURCHASER Sport Lake Greenhouse
12.5%, Effective rate, 1.554611
/Bbl
lEASES State ADL: 02497 1 320912, 324599
CDI!I!ENTS
BAS
Bas Well
1,116 KCf
2,066,408 IICF
22, 989,958 IICF
B%
Since Federal and Cook Inlet Region Inc. leases are involved, the state's rovalty share is approxi1ately 1.61. The only gas sold fro1 this field is consu1ed locally. · ·
There is no gas pipeline currently available to deliver this gas fro• this field to any other 1artet.
Because of l11ited reserves, there is no current prospect of additional 1artets.
FIELD
LOCATION
BEGAN PRODUCTION
OliNER OPERATOR
AVERA&E "ONTHLY PRODUCTION
AS OF 1-9/84
CUIIULATlVE NET PRODUCTION AS OF 9/84
ESTlftATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
ROYALTY
PURCHASER
LEASES State ADL:
CDIUIENTS
Shut-in gas field.
STUIIP LAKE UNIT AREA
Cool Inlet, onshore, west side
Suspended
Chevron
OIL
Bbl
Bbl
Bbl
/Bbl
Casinghead
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&AS
Gas llell
ftCF
IICF lftf
IICF
/fief /IICF
FJELD lOCATION
BEGAN PRODUCTION
OllltER
OPERATOR
AVERAGE "DNTHLY PRODUCTION
AS OF H/84
CUIIULATIVE NET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9/84
ESTIMATED RESERVES AS OF 9/84
ESTIMATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED AS OF 9/84
ROYALTY
PURCHASER
LEASES State ADL:
CO"IIEHTS
Shut-in gas field.
FIELD
LOCATION BEGAN PRODUCTION
OIINER
OPERATOR
AVERAGE IIDNTHlY PRODUCTION
AS OF 1-9/84
CUMULATIVE NET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTI"ATED PERCENT OF FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
THEODORE RIVER !PRETTY CREEK UNIT AREAJ
Cook Inlet, onshore, •est side
Suspended
Chevron
OIL
Bbl
Bbl
Bbl
/Bbl
TRADING BAY
Cook Inlet, offshore, Nest side
12/67
ftarathon, Union
Union
OIL
51,836 Bbl
B5,793 1Si6 Bblf
21 533 1 476 Bbl
91 I
Casinghead
ftCF
ftCF
/IICF
Casinghead
75,832 ftCF
57,500 1 060 KCFH
2,317 1 509 ft£F
96 X
1 includes 3461543 Bbl. NSL.
It Includes tan• vapors.
ROYALTY 12.5 X
PURCHASER Tesoro RIIC: 126.43 /Bbl tt /lltF
tt Meighted average.
LEASES State ADL: 18731
tOIIIIENTS
All royalty oil frot this field is taken in kind and sold to Tesoro.
&AS
&AS
Gn llell
ftCF
IICF
z
/IICF
Gas Well
55,991 "CF
1,841 1 467 lltF
2'f,4'f6,081 lltf
6 1
/lltF
Gas fro1 this field is casinghead gas and for1erly was flared. DO&C Flaring Order 1104, 6/30/71,
has prOhibited flaring since 7/1/72, and this gas is no• recovered and used locally.
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NEST FORK FIELD
LOCATION Cook Inlet, onshore,east side
BE6AN PRODUCTION
ONNER
OPERATOR
AVERA6E ftONTHLY PRODUCTION
AS OF 1-9/84
CU"ULATIVE NET PRODUCTION
AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED RESERVES
AS OF 9/84
ESTI"ATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
---------------------------ROYALTY
PURCHASER
---------------------------LEASES State ADL:
Federal AO:
CO""ENTS Shut-in gas field.
FIELD
OIL
Bbl
Bbl
Bbl
/Bbl
NEST KIKKELSEN
LOCATION North Slopei onshore/offshore
BEGAN PRODUCTION Further exp oration pending
OliNER
OPERATOR ARCO, Shell
OIL
AI/ERASE I!ONTHLV PRODUCTION· Bbl
AS OF H/94
CUHULATIVE NET PRODUCTION Bbl
AS OF 9/84
ESTIIIATED RESERVES Bbl
AS OF 9/84
ESTiftATED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84 I
---------------------------ROYALTY
PURCHASER iBbl
---------------------------LEASES State ADL:
COI'IIIENTS
Unit likely to tertinate in 1985.
6AS
Casinghead Sas llell
ftCF 3,340 "CF
"CF 1,511,984 "CF
"CF 5,969 1 943 ftCF
20 I
/ftCF /"CF
GAS
Casinghead Sas Nell
"CF I!CF
liEF ftCF
HCf HCF
I
iHCF /ftCF
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FIELD
LOCATION
BEGAN PRODUCTION
OIINER
OPERATOR
WEST SAK· RESERVOIR
Harth Slape, onshore
Pilat production underlay
ARCD; Canota
OIL
AVERAGE IIOITHLY PRODUCTION Bbl
AS OF 1-9184
CUIIULATIVE NET PRODUCTIDK . Bbl
AS OF 9/84
ESTUIATED RESERVES ~. 000 1 000 Bbl
AS OF 9/84
ESTIMTED PERCENT OF
FIELD DEPLETED
AS OF 9/84
ROYALTY
PURCHASER
LEASES State·ADL:
COIIIIENTS
/Bbl
Casinghead
Reservoir delineation and engineering/geological studies continuing.
SID Tbl: Apdxa, rev: 1/8/85
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&AS ·aas Well
IICF
IICF IICF
IICF IICF
/IICF /IICF
DEMAND PROJECTION METIIJDOLOGY APPENDIX B
Introduction
Demand for oil and gas is best calculated if divided into use categories
because of similarity in the factors affecting the level and growth rate of
demand by use. In addition, oil and gas often compete with one another in a
market for a particular use such as space heating or electricity generation.
The use categories in this study are transportation, electricity, space heat
(including cooking, water heating, and clothes drying), and industrial. A
model called ENDMOD (ENergy Demand MODel) has been constructed for calculating
future energy demands in Alaska. ·
The factors most important in projecting future demand will vary by use cate-
gory. In general, the most important are population (or households) and rel-
ative fuel prices. The household is the basic consuming unit for the reili-
dential sector and is a good proxy for demand in the commercial sector. In
the industrial sector, relative fuel prices are the primary demand deter-
minate; while in the residential and commercial sectors, fuel prices are more
important in determining the type of fuel used.
Transportation Use of Liquid Petroleum
Introduction
The method of projecting transportation fuel use is with per capita consump-
tion coe.ffic:ient s.
Gasoline
a. Highway use (taxable and exempt) is the largest category of gasoline con-
sumption in Alaska. Historically, demand is related to population, per-
sonal income, and the fuel efficiency of the automobile stock. In Alaska,
growth in the first two factors will tend to offset the effect of in-
creased fuel efficiency in future years resulting in aggregate growth in
use of this fuel. Nationally, per capita consumption of gasoline has
fallen in recent years. We assume a continuation of this per capita trend
for Alaska. In Alaska, per capita consumption of highway gas peaked in
1975 at 502 gallons per capita and declined to 383 gallons per person in
1983. The estimated consumption for 1984 is 418 gallons per person.
Demand is projected using a per capita coefficient which declines one
percent annually from the previous year. The initial value of 411 gallons
per capita is the mean of per capita consumption of 1981 through 1984.
b. Aviation gasoline .(taxable and exempt) use bas, in the past decade, been
roughly 10 percent as large as highway gasoline use. Between 1971 and
1982, consumption of aviation gas per capita varied between 35 and
43 gallons. In 1982, consumption fell to 36 gallons· from tl'ie peak of
43 gallons in 1981 and to 30 gallons per capita in 1983. Consumption
-so-
increased in 1984 to an estimated 33 gallons per capita. The initial value
for aviation gas consumption is the 4-year mean of 35 gallons per capita.
c. Marine gasoline (taxable and exempt) use has, in the past decade, been
roughly 50 percent of the aviation gasoline consumption level with an
apparently slightly slower growth rate. We assume a strong income elas-
ticity of demand will result in maintenance of the current per-capita-use
coefficient in future years. Consumption in 1983 was 17 gallons per
capita. 'Ihe initial value used to project consumption is the 4-year mean
of 17.5 gallons per capita.
Jet Fuel
Jet fuel: consumption consists of domestic commercial operations, international
commercial operations, and military operations. Domestic commercial opera-
tions is a function of the Alaskan population .and economy and as such has
grown rapidly in per capita terms historically (taxable). International com-
mercial operations are a function of world economic and political conditions
as well as aviation technology. Military operations are broadly a function,
albeit a different one, of the same factors. These two latter categories
cannot be separately identified in the historical data, but their combined
total has shown relatively modest, although cyclical, growth since the early
1970s. The sharp decrease in reported exempt aviation fuel consumption (and a
corresponding increase in taxable jet fuel consumption) in 1982 is probably an.
error.
We project domestic commercial consumption separately from international com-
mercial and military. We asstime that the taxable jet fuel category is prima-
rily domestic commercial consumption and that the exempt jet fuel category
includes international commercial and military consumption. The coefficient
relating consumption to population for domestic commercial aviation has
increased from 153 gallons per capita in 19 71 to 350 in 1981 and 575 in 1984.
('!his excludes the reporting error of 1982.) The initial value for projecting
the civilian domestic jet fuel is 525 gallons per capita.
We assume future growth will exceed population but at a slower rate than
historically because of increased efficiency of the capital stock. The coef-
ficient grows by 3 percent annually.
International commercial and military consumption of jet fuel is the only
transportation fuel not projected on a per capita basis. While variation in
international commercial and military consumption is difficult to project,
growth during the preceding decade approximated 1 percent per annum. We use
this figure to project future growth with 1984 consumption of 260 million
gallons as the initial value.
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Diesel
The categories used to report diesel fuel sales in Department of Revenue tax
records have changed at least twice since 1979, making use of this source of
data for projecting highway diesel consumption (or any type of consumption)
difficult.
Future growth in consumption is projected at the per capita use rate of
565 gallons. While the most recent reporting system provides a breakout ·of
nontransportation sales in the "exempt other diesel" category, the estimates
of highway diesel for earlier years requires the assumption that the magnitude
of nontransportation diesel sales is small in the "exempt highway" and later
"exempt other" categories. Additionally, we assume that the old "off-highway
category" is pr,imarily nontransportation use.
The per capita consumption of highway diesel fuel has grown steadily since
1978, when it reached a post-pipeline construction low. Future growth in con-
sumption is projected, based upon the 3-year mean for 1982-1984.
Marine diesel use has increased. extremely rapidly since 1981. The source of
this· growth is impossible to determine from the data. We assume a constant
per capita level of consumption of 250 gallons in future years.
Regional Allocation
Regional allocation of transportation fuels is made using the 1983 allocations
of historical consumption as adjusted by projected shifts in regional popula-
tion.
Electric Utility Use of Liquid Fuels and Natural Gas
Introduction
Electric utility use of oil and gas is a derived demand based upon the demand
for electricity and the methods used to generate it. We project this use of
liquid fuels and natural gas by first estimating electricity demand for space
heating and nonspace heating uses, then determining the proportion generated
by fuel oil and natural gas, and, finally, determining demand based upon the
efficiency of generation (heat rate). Since the electricity generation alter-
natives vary by region in Alaska, we project fuel use by three major regions
of the state: Railbelt, Southeast, and the rest of the state.
Railbelt
a. Consumption of Electricity
The total electricity demand is split into the demand for residential space
heat and for all other uses. The space heating consumption rates are based
upon the weighted average of electricity consumption for space heat by housing
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type as reported in the 1983 version of the Railbelt Electricity Demand (RED)
model (Battelle Northwest Laboratories, June 1983). Consumption per household
grows over the projection period due to increased electricity consumption for
space beat in the new additions to the housing stock.
'l'he number of households using electric space heat depends upon the total
number of households and the proportion of housing units which use electric
space heat. Two factors are likely to influence the current proportion of
households using electric space heat: (1) the extension of the gas utility
into the Matanuska Valley and (2) the completion of the electric intertie
between Anchorage and Fairbanks. The former will result in a portion of
existing structures converting to natural gas from electricity for space
heating. this will slow the growth rate of electricity use but increase the
use of utility gas. The second factor may alter the relative price of elec-
tricity in both Anchorage and Fairbanks relative to natural gas and fuel oil,
thus causing some households, especially in Fairbanks, to switch from fuel oil
to electric space heat.
We assume the gas utility will continue to extend their market into the
Matanuska Valley and aggressively market their gas for space heating. Market
penetration began in 1984, and during the next ten years, the electric space
heating market in the Matanuska Valley will fall to half its current share.
We assume the completion of the Anchorage-Fairbanks intertie does not signifi-
cantly alter the price of electricity faced by consumers in either location.
In particular, there is no shift towards electric space heating in Fairbanks
as a result of the tie-in to the inexpensive gas-fired electricity from
Anchorage.
The per-household demand for electricity net of residential space heating uses
is based upon historical consumption for 1980-1983 and the projected growth in
consumption as reported by Battelle in the RED model documentation. This
includes both residential and commercial consumption.
b. Mode Split
Except as noted below, future additions to capacity within the projection
period are all gas-fired turbines. Incremental generation in Anchorage is
entirely natural gas. Incremental generation in Fairbanks will depend upon
the cheaper of the cost of purchased electricity from Anchorage generated by
natural gas and the marginal cost of locally produced electricity generated by
fuel oil. We assume electricity moves in both directions in the line at dif-
ferent times. Fairbanks excess capacity provides reserves to Anchorage, and
cheap Anchorage generation provides off.,eak electricity to Fairbanks. Incre-
mental generation in Fairbanks comes from Anchorage-produced electricity. The
following assumptions specifically determine mode split:
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1. Coal-fired generation in Fairbanks remains constant at 354 thousand
MWH annually.
2. Existing (Eklutna and Cooper Lake) hydroelectric facilities continue
to provide railbelt power.
3. Fuel oil generation in Fairbanks declines 50 percent as a result of
the intertie.
4. Solomon Gulch provides a firm annual average production of
54.6 thousand MWH annually.
5. Bradley Lake comes on line in 1993 and produces 330 thousand MWH
annually. this backs out 4.4 billion cubic ·feet of natural gas
annually.
Heat rates are projected to remain at current levels.
Southeast
a. Consumption
The growth rate in consumption per capita in Southeast is assumed to be the
same rate as in the railbelt. lbese growth rates are applied to 1983 per
capita consumption of ·a, 000 kwh per capita. The advent of less expensive
electricity provided by hydroelectric power may cause electric space heating
demand to grow and accelerate that growth rate. We assume this effect is
insignificant.
b. Mode Split
As recently completed hydroelectric projects are brought on line, they will
back out the use of fuel oil in electricity generation in those locations
linked to the hydro power. the consumption of electricity in these communi-
ties is estimated using the proportion of Southeast Alaska electricity con-
sumption used by these communities in 1983.
Rest-of-State
Growth in per capita electricity demand in the rest of the state is assumed to
occur at twice the rate projected for the railbelt. These growth rates are
applied to 1983 per capita consumption rates of 3,900 kwh per capita.
With the exception of Barrow, this region currently relies on fuel oil for
electricity generation. This dependence is projected to continue into the
future with the exception of Kodiak, which will have hydropower available in
1985 when the Terror Lake project is completed. This will provide
13 7 thousand MWH of firm annua 1 energy.
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Space Heating Use of Liquid Fuels and Natural Gasl
Introduction
In the Anchorage area, natural gas is. the most economical fuel for space
heating. Elsewhere fuel oil.is least expensiv~ except where electricity gen-
erated by natural gas is available. In projecting future demands, we use dif-
ferent procedures for gas and fuel oil because of differences in data avail-
ability. Natural gas is based upon a projection of the current level of con-
sumption. Fuel oil demand is estimated based upon the proportion of the pop-
ulation assumed to heat with fuel oil and estimates of mean household fuel oil
consumption. This. approach is pecessitated because there is no reliable
direct estimate of current fuel oil consumption for space heating.
Rail belt
Natural gas for space heating (and a small amount of related uses for gas
purchased from utilities) is projected to grow as a function of population.
Growth historically has occurred at a rate in excess of population due to gas
retrofitting and expansion of the commercia 1 s'ector. This trend will moderate
in the future, and growth is projected to exceed population by two percent
annually.
In addition, a new gas market has opened in the Matanuska Valley. We estimate
that by 1995, one-half of the building stock in the Matanuska Valley will
utilize natural gas for space heating. The proportion of railbelt population
heating with gas is 47 percent. This factor forms the basis for estimating the
growth of space heating demand for natural gas in the Matanuska Valley. The
resulting demand level is estimated on a per household basis for residential
consumption and a per capita basis for commercial consumption. Residential
natural gas consumption is approximately 200 me f per household •. Per capita
commercial consumption is 55 me£. ··
Fuel oil use for space heating is generally preferred only where gas or
gas-fired electricity is not available. Growth in its use will depend upon
the location of new structures in the railbelt. We assume that the proportion
of households using fuel· oil ·for space heat de.clines slightly from the current
share of 24 percent to 22.4 percent in 1999. Per household residential and
per capita commercial fuel oil consumption are based on gas consumption
figures converted to fuel oil on the basis of BTU equivalency.
Nonrailbelt
Ou-tside the railbelt, space heating is almost entirely provided by fuel oil,
with the exception of Barrow. Fuel oil consumption is calculated using the
share of households with fuel oil space heat and the same per capita coeffi-
1 rncludes water heating, cooking, and other minor uses.
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c ient of fuel oil use for space heating as applied to the railbelt popula-
tion. This estimate is consistent with surveys and small region studies of
fuel oil use in rural Alaska. This estimate entails compensating errors. On
the one band, the heating degree days are greater in most parts of the state
which rely on fuel oil relativ.e to Anchorage. On the other hand, the stock of
structures is smaller outside Anchorage.
For natural gas consumption in Barrow, a growth rate which exceeds population
growth by 2 percent is applied to a base of current consumption.
Industrial Use of. Liquid Fuels·· and Natural Gas
Industrial consumption is not a function of population, but rather of the
availability of supplies and market opportunities. Since the major industrial
users of petroleum fuels are small in number, they are best projected on a
case-by-case basis.
Ammonia Urea Production
Ammonia Urea production using natural gas is assumed to continue at a constant
level.
Petroleum Production-Related Use
a. Gas Use in Production
Natural gas is utilized in petroleum production in Cook Inlet and on the North
Slope for a variety of purposes, including space.heating, electricity genera-
tion, pump fuel, etc. The level of consumption is .difficult to project
because of its.many uses but is primarily dependent upon petroleum production
levels and petroleum employment levels. We assume the level remains constant
in Cook Inlet. On the North Slope it grows 7 percent annually for seven years
and is constant thereafter.
b. Oil Use in Production
A small quantity of fuel oil is used in oil production. This is included in
the miscellaneous industrial category •..
c. Gas Use in Transportation
Included in gas use in production.
d. Oil Use in Transportation
Fuel oil fuels the pumps for most of the Alyeska pipeline. Annual consumption
is estimated to be two million barrels of oil. This level is projected to
remain constant.
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Oil--Miscellaneous
Some fuel oil is used in electricity generation for industrial self-supplied
power. 'l'bis amount, taken from Alaska Power Administration, is projected to
remain constant.
Military
The military uses natural gas for electricity generation and space heating in
the Anchorage area and fuel oil elsewhere. Military transportation use of
fuel oil is counted in the transportation sector. Milita%Y natural gas use is
projected to remain constant. Lack of data prevents the calculation of
military fuel oil consumption for space heating.
Injection
Gas is injected into petroleum reservoirs to enhance oil recovery. Because
this is only a temporary use of gas, it is not counted a part of final con-
sumption.
LBG
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is defined as export of gas for the purposes of
this report •
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I
\JI
00
I
REFINERY
NIKISKI
Chevron Ref 1 na-y
Tesoro feflnery
UnIon Chemical
INTERIOR ALASKA
NortH Pole
feflnery
R.ANT
CN'ACITY
18,000 BPD
45,500 BPD; Crude Unit
to 80,000 BPD In 1985
for North Slope Crude.
Hydroaacker to
9000 BPD. 14.5 TPD
SuI fur Plant.
Ammonia 1,100,000
tons/yr
Urea 1,000,000
tonslyr
46,600 BPD; 90,000
Phllllps-Maraihon 230,000 r.£F/Day
LNG
Pac:l f I c AI ask a
LJ.G
200,000 MCF/Day
I nltlal
400,000 ~F/Day
(2nd yr).
DATE
R.ANT IN
(PERATION
1962
1969
07,500 BPO)
1969
1977
1969
PI anned 1989
APPENDIX C
SfATE fF ALASKA
!'£FINERIES
1983
DATE
EXPANSIONS
1983 Asphalt capacity
Increased from 280,000
to 400,000 BPY
1974,1975,1977,1980
Hydroaacker 7500 BPD,
Reformer <to 10,000
BPD from 6000 BPD).
1977
Fall 1980; Napiha
R.ANT
PRODI.CT
JP4, JA50, Furnace 011,
Diesel s,Fuel Oil, Asphalt,·
Unfinished Gasoline.
Propane, Un I eeded, fegu I or,
and Premium Gasoline, Jet A,
Diesel Fuel, No. 2 Diesel,
JP 4 and No. 6 Fuel 011.
Anhydrous Ammon I a, Urea
Prill s and Granules.
Mllltcr-y Jet Fuel (JP4>,
300()..4000 BPD; Commercial
Jet Fuel, 500o-6500 BPD;
Diesel/Heating Fuel No. 2,
IBOo-2500 BPD, Diesel Fuel
Type No. 4, 60()..1800 BPD.
TRANSFORTAT ION FACILITIES
Llqulfled Natural Gas.
Llqulfled ~tural Gas.
DESTINATION
JP4, JA50, Furnace 011,
Diesels and Asphalt for
Alaska; Unfinished Gasoline,
HIgh Su lfurFue I s to Lower-48
states.
AI ask a except No. 6 Fue I Oil
to Lower-48 states.
West Coast and export
by tankerand bulk freighter.
Fa lrbanks area, Nenane and
river viii ages, Elison AfB,
Anchorage area.
Japan, by tanker, 2 tenkers
capacity 71,500 cu.m. each,
avg'. one ship every IOdays.
Southern Cal I fornl a, one ship
every 13 days, fnltlal phase.
ECONOMIC GR.OWfH ASSUMPTIONS APPENDIX D
Economic projections for estimating future petroleum demands are complicated
this year because of the unsettled nature of the world oil market and the
recent, rapid growth of the Alaska economy. The former makes it difficult to
project acthdty in the petroleum industry, the most important basic sector
industry in the economy, and activity generated by state government spending,
which is primarily a function of the availability of petroleum revenues. The
latter makes the task of relating recent growth to longer-term trends dif-
ficult.
The econ.omic growth during the last 4 years, fueled by the dramatic growth in
state spending resulting from the increase in oil prices, has generated an
increase in population from 420 thousand in 1980 (July l, 1980) to an esti-
mated 52 7 thousand in 1984. This increase in population greatly exceeds the
magnitude of the growth which occurred between 1974 and 1976 during the peak
construction years for the oil pipeline (approximately 67 thousand) and was
unanticipated by all forecasts. The annual growth rate of 5.8 percent since
1980 is double the average annual growth rate of 2.9 percent in population
between 1960 and 1980. The fact that this population change has been much
more rapid than the increase in employment opportunities demonstrates the dif-
ficulty in accurately projecting longer-range population trends for Alaska,
particularly within the context of a temporary boom generated by state
spending.
The base case economic projection used in this analysis contains a population
growth rate of 1.4 percent annually and an employment growth rate of
1.3 percent. These growth rates are less than those observed over the first
two decades of statehood, but are considerably above projections of growth of
the national economy. For example, the U.S. Department of Commerce has
recently projected population growth for the nation to the year 2000 at
.8 percentage annually and employment growth at 1.2 percent annually.l
State population grows from 527 thousand in 1984 to 652 thousand in 1999.
Nonagricultural wage and salary employment grows from 222 thousand in 1984 to
285 thousand in 1999.2
This growth is consistent with many possible sets of assumptions about future
basic sector activity and public sector spending as well as support sector and
demographic responses. Future basic sector economic activity underlying this
projection is similar to that used in the Revised Reference Case scenario used
in the Susitna Studies Program.3
lsurvey of Current Business, November 1980.
2This projection is identified as UP85.16.
3oacumented in full in ISER MAP Economic Model: State Model Documenta-tion
Version A85.1: December 1984.
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'!be regional distribution of economic activity, employment, and population
continues the historical trend of shifting gradually toward the railbelt as
the economic center of the state.
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CONVERSIOB FACTORS
Conversion F.actors
1 gallon diesel
1 gallon gasoline
1 gallon jet fuel
1 gallon crude oil
1 MCF natural gas
1 barre 1 diese 1
1 barrel gasoline
1 barrel jet fuel
~ 0.0239 barrel .crude oil equivalent
"' 0.0215 barrel crude oil equivalent
• 0.023 barrel crude oil equivalent
:z 0.1387 million BTU
= 1.000 million BTU
a 5.825 million sru
"' 5.248 million BTU = 5.604 million sru
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APPENDIX E
ALASKA CRUDE OIL ASSAYS [1] APPENDIX F
SADLEROCHIT KUPAAUIC MEST SAK£21
CRUDE 23,0 &ravity, IAPI 26.4 22.4
SUlfur •t % 1.06 1.76 1.82
Pour pti IF. 0 -55 -50
Rvp, ps 3.55 2.6 2.70
Kin. vis. 1601 F. 42.42 tSt: 79.98 95.92
H25 lb/1 000 bbl 0.35 (5
Sail, lb/l 1ooo bbl 32.7
Carbon rn due~ It % 4.40 7.37 7.62
Neut. no. (097 J 1.12 0.68
Nl/V 1 pp1 11/26 19157 22/61
Nitro1en pp1 2090 1980 --
C4 ' ig~ter, yield, val % 1.17 0.63 cs • lizhter, yield 9 val 1 2.12
LIGHT &AS LINE
Ran,e, IF C5-150 nPBJ, C5-150 CS-150
Yit d, val 'l 2.2 1.6 1.9
Sulfur, •t % (0.001 0.006 0.004
ROI dear 71.5
lftHI dear 69.8
RON + O.Sg TEL/gal 78.4
NAPHTHA
Ran~e. IF, 15Q-380 15G-380 150-380
Yie dr YDl % 15.6 14.5 14.4
Sulfur, .t % 0.013 0.018 0.018
Paraff1ns, val % 39.7 38.3 36.4
Napthenes, val % 43.3 47.0 48.2
Aratatics, val % 17.0 14.7 15.4
DISTillATE
Ran,e, IF. 38Q-650 380-650 380-650
Yie II val % 28.6 26.9 27.5
&ravily, IAPI 33.1 31.6
Sulfur{ •t % 0.414 0.66 .700
Pour p IF -25 -25 -35
Cehne ha. 45.8 45.4 42.1
Total 112, p~1 79
Vis. eSt I 100~ F. 3.083 3.34
Aratatics, val % 33.6 30.0 31.4
BLENDED &AS OIL &AS OIL &AS OIL
Ran,e, IF. 650-840 65G-840 650-840
Vie d vo1 1 16.4 18.9 16.6
&ravily, IAPI 23.8 20.5 21.1
Sulfur, •t % 1.10 1. 79 1.81
Aniline p4 IC 74.7 104.3
Pour ~t, 70 50 60
Kin. is. !lOOt F. 34.20 43.99
Carbon residue, I 0.012 lit 1: .01
Total nitrogen, pp1 950 600 840
Basic nitrogen 0.03 . lit 1: .02 0.023
V/Nit PPI (1
RESIDU
Ran1e, tf. 650+ 650+ 650+
Yie d val % 52.4 56.0 55.6
6ravily, tAPI 15.0 11.7 10.8
Sulfur, .t % 1.63 2.59 2.53
Carbon residue, l 8.82 •t x: 12.61 lit 1: 13.15
Total nitrogen, pp1 3600
Pour pt, iF, 80 40 45
Kin. vis. ! 210 IF, 47.54 97.15 135.3
Kin. vis. ! 275 IF, 15.55
Pentane insoluble, •t Z 14.97
£11 Aalund, L.R., •&uide ta Export Crudes for the '80s,• Oil and &as Journal, Dec. 19, 1983.
[21 Crude not in production{ but pilot progra• is under•ay in K~parut area to deter1ine feasibility. Assay satple
obtained during drill s e1 test.
SID Tables: CRUDE, rev 11/22/84
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DEFINITIONS Or STATU'l'OB.Y TERMS APPENDIX G
AS 38.05.183 states that oil and gas taken in kind as the state's royalty
share of production may not be sold or otherwise disposed of for export from
the state until the CO~~missioner of Natural Resources determines that the
royalty~in-kind oil or gas is surplus to tbe present and projected intrastate
domestic and industrial needs for. oil and gas.
The statute contains several key terms whose meaning must be resolved before
an estimate can be made of oil and gas surplus to the state's needs. Tbeae
key terms are: 1) "oil and gas.'' 2) "export, 11 3) "present,"
4) "projected," 5) "domestic," 6) ''industrial," 7) ''intrastate," and.
8) "bow these needs are to be met. 11 Each key term affects · tbe size of the
estimated demand for oi 1 and gas in Alaska and consequently, the size of the
projected surplus or deficit. The meaning of each term is discussed below.
oil and Gas
Crude oil and natural gas are fluids containing hydrocarbon compounds produced
from naturally occurring petroleum deposits. ]ypical etude oil contains
several hundred chemical compounds. The lightest of these are gases at normal
temperatures and pressure, described as ''natural gas.•• These light fractions
of the crude oil ~tream include both hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gases,
such as water, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, helium, or nitrogen. . 'lbe
principal hydrocarbons are methane (CH4), ethane (C2H6), propane (C3H8),
butanes (C4Hl0), and pentanes (CSH12). The gaseous component found most often
and in largest volumes is, typically, methane. Heavier fractions of the crude
stream are usually liquids. If a given hydrocarbon fraction is gaseous at
reservoir temperatures and pressures, but is recoverable by condenaation
(cooling and pressure reduction), absorption, or other means, it ia classified
by tbe . American Gas Al;sociation (AGA) as a naturd gas liquid (NGL) .1
Natural gas liquids include ethane if ethane is recovered from the gas stream
as a liquid. A related term is liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), composed of
hydroca-rbons which liquefy under moderate pressure under normal temperatures.
LPG. usualiy refers to propane and butane. A second related term is
condensate, . which refers to LPG plus heavier NGL component (natural
gasoline). 'lbe lightest hydrocarbon fraction is methane, which is almost
never recovered as a liquid, and which makes up the bulk of pipeline gas. If
a natural gas stream contains few hydrocarbons which are commercially
recoverable as liquids, it is considered "dry gas" or "lean gaa." The
distinction between ''wet" and "dry" is usually a legal one, which varies from.
state to state. "Crude oil" usually means the non-gaseous portion of the
crude oil stream •..
!Definitions vaEJ with processes.
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Na.tural gas may occur in reservoirs which are predominately gas-bearing or in
reservoirs in which the gas is in contact with petroleum liquids.
Ron-associated gas is natural gas from a reservoir where the gas is neither. in
contact with nor dissolved in crude oil. Associated gas occurs in contact
with crude oil, but is not dissolved in it. A gas cap on a crude oil
reservoir is a typical example of associated gas. Dissolved gas is dissolved
in petroleUm liquids and is produced along with them. Dissolved and
associated gases are usually good sources of NGL while non-associated gases
are often "dry." · ·
The distinction b.etween 1\atural gas and its NGL components is important to a
study of the ·supply and demand of r.oyalty oil and gas because natural gas
liquids have a multitud.e of uses when separated from the gas stream. For
example, propane is both produced in Alaska and sold in Alaska as bottled gas
for residential, commercial, and limited transportation uaes, while butane is
used for blending in gasoline and military jet fuel and as a refinery fuel.
In addition,· Marathon Oil uses LPG to enrich crude oil at its Trading Bay
facilit~. It ships the combined fluids to the Drift River terminal for
export. Potential uses for NGL also include the enriching ("spiking") of
pipeline gas and crop drying. The Dow-Shell Petrochemical Group and Exxon
have .also recently studied the feasibility of utilizing the NGL contained in
Prudhoe Bay natural gas as .the basis for an Alaska petrochemicals indus tty.
Since the State has the option of considering NGL separately from the gas
stream, two definitions of natural gas consumption and reserves are possible.
One of these would consider natural . gas liquids as part of the gas stream.
The second definition would treat the markets for LPG and ethane separately
from those for gas. 'l'his requires a separate estimate of LPG consumption and
gas liquids reserves. In this report, demand for LPG and ethane is estimated
separately from that for gas; however, no separat·e· estimate is made of gas
liquids reserves.
Export
Taken in context, this term appears to mean the direct physical sending of oil
and gas out of the state. l:bwever, when one considers the fact that much of
Alaska's industrial use of oil and gas is p;rocessed directly for export
markets, the meaning of export versus 11intrastate11 is not so obvious. For
example,· it appears· that processing of gas into another product, e.g.,
anhydrous 81JIDOnia, would probably be an "industrial" use rather than 11export 11
of gas, even thougb the ammonia is mostly exported. Liquefication to change
the phase of ·the gas is a less obvious case. The liquefication of natural gas
will be considered a transportation process in thl.s report. . Still more
· troublesome is the use of gas and oil for transportation related to export-.-
2 Kramer, L., Williams, B., Erickson, G., In-State Use Study for Propane and
Butane. Prepared for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Kramer
Associates, Juneau, October 1981.
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Is the gas and oil consumed in TAPS pipeline pump stations, for example, an
"industrial11 use in state? Or is it really "export" of that energy, since it
is consumed in the exporting process? 'l'bere is no reason why the State may
not be approached in the future to co111111it royalty oil and gas to quasi-export
uses •. Indeed, a top dollar o.ffer was made by the ALPETCO (later, Alaska Oil
Company) for royalty oil ultimately destined (as petrochemical products) for
out-of-state markets. Though the offer was made, payments in full were not·
made. Also, the state once committed royalty gas to the El Paso gas pipeline
proposal for expo~ of Prudhoe Bay gas,· which involved liquefication. Neither
proposal was clearly for in-state industrial use. In this report, industrial
demand is treated with multiple definitions as outlined later in the chapter
to show how different definitions of "export" affect the estimate of total
consumption in Alaska. ·
Present
'l'be problem. here is that the term "present" may mean "latest year11
consumption, "average recent year" consumption, "weather-adjusted"
consumption, or 1'worst case" consumptiCin. In the residential and commercial
sector particularly, each definition gives a somewhat different answer because
of the variability of weather.
'l'be 1'worst case" consumption calculation can result in considerably highe.r gas
consumption than the most recent year, if the most recent year happens to have
been a relatively warm one. While it is not correct forecasting procedure to
make long run forecast of intrastate residential consumption of natural gas
which assume worst ease forecasts for every year, it may be prudent in
praetic:e to reseeye part of · the t~e State 1 s gas and oil supply for bad
weather. For forecasting, variability of weather makes the picking of a
starting value for consumption somewhat tricky. In this report, Rail Belt
consumption is based on average weather years. For the remainder of the
state, trended per capita consumption is used, which approximates average
weather conditions.
Projected
This is a very difficult concept, since many different projections of
consumption would be possible even if it were possible to agree on a single
concept defining consumption. Rates of economic development, population
growth, and relative energy . prices are key features of . any consumption
forecast, but assumptions concerning any of these variables are necessarily
controversial. 'Ibis report describes a range of possible consumption figures
under precisely articulated definitions· of consumption and varying paces of
ec_onomic, __ population_1 ___ and fuel price growth. The economic and population
forecasts used in this report were done by the University· of Alaska; Institute
of Social and Economic Besearch in December,-1984. The assumptions used to
run their economic .model are shown in Appendix i>.
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Domestic
Domestic consumption appears to mean Alaska residential consumption. As we
saw above under the subheading "present", it is not at all obvious which
definition of domestic consumption is the most appropriate, ·even when the
identity of the custome.r is not in dispute. Some multifamily residential us.e
may be described as 11commercial", obscuring the definition of the customer and
causing forecasting problems for natural gas. The definition of "domestic"
considered in this report includes multifamily residential in 11 residentialu or
"domestic" use.
Industrial
As described above; "industrial" energy use has a number of potential
definitions. Since one intent of giving in-state industrial needs priority
over export uses of royalty oil and gas seems to be encourage in-state
economic activity, 3 a day-to-day working definition of this industrial
priority is that the royalty reserves be committed to the market which has the
largest potential economic impact in Alaska. For forecasting purposes,
however, it is difficult to say which markets will prove to be of the most
economic benefit to the state. As a compromise, we will adopt four
·alternative d~finitions of "industrial" in this study.
The four alternative definitions of industrial use of oil and gas used in this
report are outlined below, beginning with the most restrictive and moving to
the most liberal.
Definition 1: Industrial use consists of any consumption of natural gas,
petroleum, or their products in combustion (except that required to export
oil or gas); or the chemical transformation of natural gas, petroleum, or
their products into refined products for local markets. This definition
explicitly excludes the exported products from refineries, as well as uses
which merely change the physical form of the product (gas conditioning or
liquefaction) for export, or which move the product to an export market
(pipeline fuel, fuel used on lease, shrinkage, injection, vented and
flared gas) •
Definition 2: Industrial use consists of ;any consumption of natural gas,
petroleum, or their products in combustion (except in oil and gas
production and transportation); or the chemical transformation of natural.
gas, petroleum, or their products into refined products. This definition
counts feedstocks for petrochemical plants and refineries as industrial
3See however, the short discussion of legislative intent beginning on page 9
of Kramer, Williams and Erickson, op. cit. That study raises many of the
issues regarding surplus gas and oil discussed in this report •
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consumption. It also counts energy consumed by an LNG facility as
industrial consumption. It excludes the feedstocks of LNG plants ;and
fuel consumption by conditioning plants, pump stations, fuel used on
lease,· shrinkage, injection and flared gas.
Definition 3: Industrial use consists of any consumption of natural gas,
crude . oil, or their products in combustion (except in oil and gas
transport and. extraction) or their chemical transformation into refined
products. ntis definition permits the feedstocks of refineries to be
counted as industrial consumption. It excludes fuels used in ·pump
stations, in conditioning plants, fuel used on lease, and gas shrinkage,
injection, or venting.
Definition 4: Industrial use consists of any use of natural gas, crude
oil, or their products in combustion, ·or their transformation ·into
chemically different products. This definition permits feedstocks of
refineries to be counted as industrial consumption, as well as energy
consumption in conditioning plants and pump station.s. It excludes
injected gas, which is ultimately recoverable for other uses, and LNG
processing, which is considered an export. Definition of 4 will be used
for the purposes of this report.
None of the four definitions treat.s industrial use (including transportation)
to include gas injected to enhance oil recovery, since in theory this gas
remains part of the ultimately recoverable gas reserves of the state. 'Thus,
is no.t "consumed."
Intrastate
It is unclear what is meant by intrastate consumption. Some uses, such as
combustion of o11 and gas products in fixed capital facilities in Alaska, are
reasonably easy to categorize as intrastate. 'There are several uses in
transportation which are not obviously within Alaska. These categories
include the fuel burned in marine vessels such as cargo vessels, ferries, and
fishing boats, and fuel burned in international interstate air travel. There
are multiple ways to approach the definition of this consumption. The first
is a sa.les definition: the fuel use in transportation which is s~ld in
Alaska. the second approach is to base consumption on fuel used in Alaska or
related to Alaska's economy and population, regardless of the point of sale.
This results in three logical definitions, described below:
Definition 1: Intrastate consumption in transportation includes all sales
of fuels to motor vehicles, airplanes, and vessels in Alaska, including
bonded_ fuels. It excludes fuel consumed by motor vessels which was
purchased in other "states, ·and fuel consumed by a·irlines ·between Alaska
locations unless the fuel was sold in Alaska. It also excludes out of
state military fuel purchases.
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Definition 2: Intrastate consumption includes fuel consumed by motor
vess~ls, airlines, and vehicles engaged in Alaskan economic activity. It
includes use of fuel by American fishing boats in Alaskan waters
regardless of where the fuel was purchased, use of fuel purchased in
Washington State by Alaska State ferries, and fuel consumed by ships and
aircraft involved in Alaska trade. . It excludes sales to aircraft on
international flights (bonded and unbonded), but includes militaty out of
state purchases.
Definition 3: The final definition is a compromi~e between the first
two. It includes all fuel purchased within the state, plus military uses,
but excludes fuel purchased out of state except for military uses.
The basic definition in this report is the third definition. By excluding
bonded and exempt jet fuel, the report also approximates Definition 2. Lack
of data on out-state purchases by the military makes Definition 1 impractical.
How These Needs Are To Be Met
Any analysis of how the ·oil and gas needs of intrastate domestic and
industrial sector are to be met could include several sources of supply:
s_tate royalty oil and gas, in-state oil and gas reserves under other
ownership, probable extensions of proven reserves, and imports of crude oil,
petroleum products, and (in theory) natu:r;al gas.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
'!his docume~t was prepared by the staff of the Division of Oil and Gas:
0194P
Kay Brown, Director
Pam Rogers, Leasing Manager
Bill Van Dyke, Petroleum Manager
Ed Phillips, Petroleum Economist
Dick Beasley, Geologist
Wayfte Hanson, Cartographer
Andi Crippen, Clerk/TYpist
Scott Goldsmith, Associate Professor of Economics, Institute of
Social and Economic Research, thiversity of Alaska, Anchorage
Phil Rowe, Research Associate, Institute of Social and Economic
Research, university of Alaska, Anchorage
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